Have you ever asked yourself the question …
Is this all there is?
Perhaps you’ve reached the peak … the top level of your career, relationship, or even creative goals and, after the initial excitement, thought to yourself, “Why do I feel so bland?”
A few years ago, I felt that way when I was returning to South Florida after
living in Burlington, Vermont for a few years.
I had accomplished some worthy goals but on my arrival back to Florida, I felt bland and uninspired.
This feeling was similar to the way I felt, years earlier, when I worked as an assistant for Charlie, an older Irish fellow who renovated kitchens in an 55-and-over condominium community in Lake Worth, Florida.
Whenever Charlie and I entered a Home Depot, to purchase supplies, the surroundings were so uninspiring-to-me that my mind would go blank, I would roam the aisles in a state of boredom and fatigue.
Even while working in the condos, with their low ceilings, stale area, lonely furniture, and boring conversations about redoing the kitchen cabinets, I would fall into this pool of blandness, so much so I went into blindspot mode, leaving me unable to find the specific tools Charlie asked for, even if they were sitting smack-dab on top of his tool bag.
I worked for Charlie for six months. Then he met a widowed-lady who invited him to join her on a long-distance cruise. He took her up on the offer. Haven’t seen him since. He’s probably redoing her cabinets on some remote Pacific island.
Boredom. Blandness.
Sometimes it comes out of nowhere …
Despite your accomplishments, there will come those moments where you feel hungry for something new.
Travel, to a new place, can help satiate feelings of boredom and blandness.
That unanswered nagging feel that’s scratching at your brain?
Travel will take you to a place where you find the answers.
Change your physical location, and your mental and emotional state will follow.
It’s too expensive!
It doesn’t have to be …
You can travel for cheaper than you think.
Often, traveling on-the-cheap results in the richest experiences.
Whether it’s camping, hitchhiking, staying in hostels, working on farms, couchsurfing, or a combination of these, you’re likely to have a deeper, more meaningful experience, when you abandon the more conventional travel methods.
We did it.
So can you.
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Kris Kemp
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