Why I Want To Be A Nomad: Hannah's Thoughts

Apr 29

This time next year, Taran and I will hopefully be upping sticks and bogging off abroad, indefinitely.

That is the whole basis of this website of course.

But this isn't a decision or a whim that came easily for me, even if Mr. Laidback (Taran) found it a much simpler path to choose.

I think anyone who's known me a long time, would describe me as dependable, someone who likes tidiness, routine, predictability, and a sense of safety.

Whilst I'd agree, I'd also like to reject these aspects of myself.

Underneath my veneer of order, control and reliability, there's endless ants in my pants; I want to explore, be excited, enthusiastic, and experience more than what my current life and surroundings can offer.

I get bored quickly and like to be entertained, something Taran thinks is only made worse by my constant surfing of social media; what am I looking for exactly in my endless scrolling? I think I am just trying to be inspired, and current life isn't doing that for me.

Always been known to daydream, and to be a bit of a philosopher (oh dear) I really do crave a life that challenges me, and allows me to focus on something other than the dull-drums of a repetitive (safe) life that England offers.

I think we can all believe ourselves too scared or let ourselves get so comfortable, we forget our true inner desires.

Don't get me wrong, I know people who's inner and outer desire is a well-paid job, nice holidays, a smart house and cosy evenings by the fire, and I would never argue with this choice of lifestyle.

Of course life needs balance, work and play, relaxation and challenge. I just would say that the life others might choose, already bores me, at the age of 23.

I neither have a normal “9-to-5” job nor do I pay a mortgage or aspire to have one. I don't particularly want children (right now), or marriage (it's literally a piece of paper), but I would never criticise those who do.

The world is a big place, full of problems, but also full of beauty, and I want to experience cultures that are alien to me, see sights that blow my mind; I just want to do more than what is easily and readily available to me. That's all it is; I want to eat all the pie, not just taste one teeny bit.

It will be a struggle.

It will be an adjustment full of compromise and most likely, me being homesick. But I believe we can all adapt to a change in surroundings, even more so if we have chosen it for ourselves because it equals something amazing that fulfils our desires and enriches our lives.

So I may be off travelling but I will still appreciate a made bed (albeit in a tent), a cider on the beach (it will be in Australia though), and a bit of social media (I'll be the annoying person instagram-ing every place I visit).