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30 Day Blog Challenge #23 - I wanted to be a hippie gypsy

29/8/2013

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30 day challenge
Day 23: What’s your level of location independence and your nomadic quotient?

Once I dreamed I would be paid to travel. I would go around the world having adventures and writing about them. Somewhere along the way that dream changed, but it hasn’t died. I still want to travel and I still want to write.

I’ve been “on the road” since 2009. I was an Au Pair twice, living at a family’s home, travelling around with my backpack and staying at hostel dorms, friends’ houses or Couchsurfing. I have met so many people from so many different places and learned to respect and love new cultures. I learned to travel solo and deal with unexpected situations. And I learned to be adaptable and open-minded.

I used to joke: “If nothing works out, I’ll become a hippie gypsy.”

Moving around takes its toll, though. Even though I enjoy solitude and silence, I often felt lonely and like I didn’t belong.  I lost contact with many friends from home and really missed having familiar things and faces around.

Today, location independence for me is not being a nomad. It’s not moving every few months and taking all of my belongings in a suitcase.

I want a home with a big backyard, fruit trees and chicken. I want the comfort of my own bed and my own toilet. I want to cook fresh and healthy meals in my own kitchen.

Wait a minute, Ana! Didn’t you say you wanted to be location independent? It sounds like what you want is to settle down!

No, no, no. What I mean by being location independent is just not having to be somewhere at a certain time. That would be wonderful because:

I could go on weekend trips and not worry about work on early Monday morning.

I could take a weekday off, hop on a train and go to the seaside or to a town I don’t know yet.

I could even go somewhere new for weeks or months and still do the work I want to do.

I want to have the freedom to travel but I want a place to always go back to.

Do you want to be location independent? What does that mean to you? Do you have what it takes?

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