Hello All! This is something that I've been considering writing for awhile now but never knew if it was the right time. Ive always been into traveling since I was younger, listening to songs about hitchhiking, and hopping trains and saying fuck it and living free. I was always kind of a loner so I never really knew anyone who did those things. That coupled with the general anxiety and fear that I would be murdered as a woman traveling alone (thanks Dad) kept me from pursuing these dreams . I had a relatively stable home life, and the ability to scrape by with the various waitress-ing jobs throughout highschool and college, and even though I have mostly general contempt for the general mainstream mindset, I always tried to walk the line between a "professionalism/mainstream" and radical-free lifestyle. I kept telling myself that ONE DAY I would actually do the DAMN THING, settling for the occasional month off to travel in the summer time. It was always, once ive graduated from HS, once I get my bachelors, once I save up enough money, etc... Well I graduated from college almost two years ago and now those fantasies occupy my mind every single day.
Since graduating Ive settled for weekend trips, going everywhere within a six hour radius of where I've lived (FL and VA), sleeping on friends couches or in my car. At one point in the span of 30 days I had only spent 12 days at home. Well I landed a "real" job at a startup in NOVA and moved here 6 months ago, once again telling myself that this was my last chance at trying to commit to the "normal" life. It has been awful. I hate the flowery buisness lingo that ultimately amounts to nothing. The corporate mentality that I'm supposed to commit myself and my free time solely to a job on the promise that they MIGHT actually pay me a liveable wage one day. The only thing that kept me was the fact that I was in a new area getting to see new things and meet new people. Of course I didnt fit in there and to no ones surprise I got fired. Well now without the constraints of a job to hold me I've decided to finally do it! Because of these times I dont think that hitchhiking is the way right now, and I've never hopped a train so thats out, for now, too. Im thinking about converting a van into a living space and traveling that way. In many ways I feel pretty green, and I think thats what kept me from posting before. Especially since I feel older than most of the people who travel in this sense. But Im finally ready to give it a shot. I truly feel like my soul will not rest until I do.
Wow this was a really long-winded way of saying hello.
Anyways Im going back to Florida to live at home and save up while I convert a van for the next couple months but I truly look forward to what this has in store. Once I do that Im ready to meet-up, give rides, and just generally see whats out there.
Since graduating Ive settled for weekend trips, going everywhere within a six hour radius of where I've lived (FL and VA), sleeping on friends couches or in my car. At one point in the span of 30 days I had only spent 12 days at home. Well I landed a "real" job at a startup in NOVA and moved here 6 months ago, once again telling myself that this was my last chance at trying to commit to the "normal" life. It has been awful. I hate the flowery buisness lingo that ultimately amounts to nothing. The corporate mentality that I'm supposed to commit myself and my free time solely to a job on the promise that they MIGHT actually pay me a liveable wage one day. The only thing that kept me was the fact that I was in a new area getting to see new things and meet new people. Of course I didnt fit in there and to no ones surprise I got fired. Well now without the constraints of a job to hold me I've decided to finally do it! Because of these times I dont think that hitchhiking is the way right now, and I've never hopped a train so thats out, for now, too. Im thinking about converting a van into a living space and traveling that way. In many ways I feel pretty green, and I think thats what kept me from posting before. Especially since I feel older than most of the people who travel in this sense. But Im finally ready to give it a shot. I truly feel like my soul will not rest until I do.
Wow this was a really long-winded way of saying hello.
Anyways Im going back to Florida to live at home and save up while I convert a van for the next couple months but I truly look forward to what this has in store. Once I do that Im ready to meet-up, give rides, and just generally see whats out there.
