Comments on: I’m Going – Musings of a Decade-Long Independent Nomadic Traveler http://www.nunomad.com/blog/i%e2%80%99m-going-musings-of-a-decade-long-independent-nomadic-traveler/ Location Independent Living Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Markus @loimp http://www.nunomad.com/blog/i%e2%80%99m-going-musings-of-a-decade-long-independent-nomadic-traveler/comment-page-1/#comment-1508 Markus @loimp Mon, 01 Nov 2010 10:08:00 +0000 http://www.nunomad.com/blog/?p=1136#comment-1508 Could it be that you haven't found it precisely because you've been looking for it? Could it be that you haven’t found it precisely because you’ve been looking for it?

]]> By: Laptophobo (Ricardo) http://www.nunomad.com/blog/i%e2%80%99m-going-musings-of-a-decade-long-independent-nomadic-traveler/comment-page-1/#comment-1289 Laptophobo (Ricardo) Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:32:57 +0000 http://www.nunomad.com/blog/?p=1136#comment-1289 I hear what you’re saying, Annabel (and Susan), to respect fate and be patient since meeting one’s soulmate (am I the only one who is exhausted of that term?) can’t be hurried. And just like fate will part people as they travel (my ex had chosen to move on with her life with our Nepalese jungle guide more than ten years ago, while I continued onto India and then a nomadic life) I know that I’ll eventually meet the near perfect person no matter where I am—like Annabel did!<br><br>Yet, my posting was more than about my bachelor sorrows. (I really don’t feel like Tom Hanks in “You’ve Got Mail”.) Certainly it was nice to get it off my chest and to get some very excellent feedback, but it was also about maintaining the motivation to continue ones journey they’ve embarked on. That said, now I’m picturesque Antwerp, Belgium at the moment, working my way to Denmark. And though it was a bit of an effort to get out of my funk and out of America (my so-called home) I feel rejuvenated and am back in the fine spirits I’m normally in when I’m enchanted with the scenery. (Perhaps I’m an enchantment junkie?) Anyway, excellent beer, chocolate and company certainly helps. And next week I’m hooking-up with one or two of our Nomads at a festival in Ghent. So, wanderlust survives!<br><br>Cheers, I hear what you’re saying, Annabel (and Susan), to respect fate and be patient since meeting one’s soulmate (am I the only one who is exhausted of that term?) can’t be hurried. And just like fate will part people as they travel (my ex had chosen to move on with her life with our Nepalese jungle guide more than ten years ago, while I continued onto India and then a nomadic life) I know that I’ll eventually meet the near perfect person no matter where I am—like Annabel did!

Yet, my posting was more than about my bachelor sorrows. (I really don’t feel like Tom Hanks in “You’ve Got Mail”.) Certainly it was nice to get it off my chest and to get some very excellent feedback, but it was also about maintaining the motivation to continue ones journey they’ve embarked on. That said, now I’m picturesque Antwerp, Belgium at the moment, working my way to Denmark. And though it was a bit of an effort to get out of my funk and out of America (my so-called home) I feel rejuvenated and am back in the fine spirits I’m normally in when I’m enchanted with the scenery. (Perhaps I’m an enchantment junkie?) Anyway, excellent beer, chocolate and company certainly helps. And next week I’m hooking-up with one or two of our Nomads at a festival in Ghent. So, wanderlust survives!

Cheers,

]]> By: Laptophobo (Ricardo) http://www.nunomad.com/blog/i%e2%80%99m-going-musings-of-a-decade-long-independent-nomadic-traveler/comment-page-1/#comment-1345 Laptophobo (Ricardo) Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:32:00 +0000 http://www.nunomad.com/blog/?p=1136#comment-1345 I hear what you’re saying, Annabel (and Susan), to respect fate and be patient since meeting one’s soulmate (am I the only one who is exhausted of that term?) can’t be hurried. And just like fate will part people as they travel (my ex had chosen to move on with her life with our Nepalese jungle guide more than ten years ago, while I continued onto India and then a nomadic life) I know that I’ll eventually meet the near perfect person no matter where I am—like Annabel did! Yet, my posting was more than about my bachelor sorrows. (I really don’t feel like Tom Hanks in “You’ve Got Mail”.) Certainly it was nice to get it off my chest and to get some very excellent feedback, but it was also about maintaining the motivation to continue ones journey they’ve embarked on. That said, now I’m picturesque Antwerp, Belgium at the moment, working my way to Denmark. And though it was a bit of an effort to get out of my funk and out of America (my so-called home) I feel rejuvenated and am back in the fine spirits I’m normally in when I’m enchanted with the scenery. (Perhaps I’m an enchantment junkie?) Anyway, excellent beer, chocolate and company certainly helps. And next week I’m hooking-up with one or two of our Nomads at a festival in Ghent. So, wanderlust survives! Cheers, I hear what you’re saying, Annabel (and Susan), to respect fate and be patient since meeting one’s soulmate (am I the only one who is exhausted of that term?) can’t be hurried. And just like fate will part people as they travel (my ex had chosen to move on with her life with our Nepalese jungle guide more than ten years ago, while I continued onto India and then a nomadic life) I know that I’ll eventually meet the near perfect person no matter where I am—like Annabel did!

Yet, my posting was more than about my bachelor sorrows. (I really don’t feel like Tom Hanks in “You’ve Got Mail”.) Certainly it was nice to get it off my chest and to get some very excellent feedback, but it was also about maintaining the motivation to continue ones journey they’ve embarked on. That said, now I’m picturesque Antwerp, Belgium at the moment, working my way to Denmark. And though it was a bit of an effort to get out of my funk and out of America (my so-called home) I feel rejuvenated and am back in the fine spirits I’m normally in when I’m enchanted with the scenery. (Perhaps I’m an enchantment junkie?) Anyway, excellent beer, chocolate and company certainly helps. And next week I’m hooking-up with one or two of our Nomads at a festival in Ghent. So, wanderlust survives!

Cheers,

]]> By: Carmen Bolanos http://www.nunomad.com/blog/i%e2%80%99m-going-musings-of-a-decade-long-independent-nomadic-traveler/comment-page-1/#comment-1288 Carmen Bolanos Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:55:54 +0000 http://www.nunomad.com/blog/?p=1136#comment-1288 Your comment has set off a whole chain reaction of thought for me. The<br>comparison of "wanderlust" to relationships. So many of our eventually<br>meaningful romantic relationships start out as lust of sorts. The<br>excitement, the passion, the all consuming obsession with the other person.<br>In a good relationship, this stage matures to true love so that when some of<br>the initial crazy passion begins to subside there is deeper meaning to the<br>relationship that brings us satisfaction and fulfillment. <br><br>Perhaps it is the same with travel. For those of us "nomads at heart" we<br>need to find a transition from "wanderlust" to "wanderlove" - a deeper<br>meaning and satisfaction about seeing the world. It may not look like the<br>initial backpack and see all you can see but mature into a deeper<br>relationship to the world and other cultures where we are not hurried but<br>continue to love the experience.<br><br>NuNomad Your comment has set off a whole chain reaction of thought for me. The
comparison of “wanderlust” to relationships. So many of our eventually
meaningful romantic relationships start out as lust of sorts. The
excitement, the passion, the all consuming obsession with the other person.
In a good relationship, this stage matures to true love so that when some of
the initial crazy passion begins to subside there is deeper meaning to the
relationship that brings us satisfaction and fulfillment.

Perhaps it is the same with travel. For those of us “nomads at heart” we
need to find a transition from “wanderlust” to “wanderlove” – a deeper
meaning and satisfaction about seeing the world. It may not look like the
initial backpack and see all you can see but mature into a deeper
relationship to the world and other cultures where we are not hurried but
continue to love the experience.

NuNomad

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