Why not?
I feel stuck. I want to get out and go places. I want to do the cliche thing and take a year off and backpack across Europe. I think one of my goals in life is to be one of those interesting people that has a story about “that one time when I was in Tibet and saw the Dalai Lama.” But, not in annoying way, of course. In the kind of way that makes people say “that guy has been places.” But, here’s my dilemma. I’m poor. I have obligations. And, I know that being a world traveler is not going to solve all my problems. But, I want to experience other cultures and see the great monuments of the world. Ugh. This is mostly just a vomit post. I’m feeling very wanderlusty right now and I need to get it out somehow before I have to go to class. I also want to buy a nice camera and learn how to take great photographs. I want to decorate my future home with cool photographs of the places I’ve been. As I sit here and write this all down, I think to myself, “well, why don’t I just do it?” And I don’t know. I hope you can make some sort of sense of this.
October 14, 2009 at 6:17 pm
I absolutely understand wanderlust, and frankly, right now, where you are in your life, why don’t you take a photography class, get a decent camera, visit some local places, get your pictures skills up to “par” and then make your plans for a Euro-trip once you’re sure the photos you take (and thus the moolah you spend on the trip) will be worth it.
I think you’ve got a good goal for yourself!