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Travel has made my normal life less enjoyable.

  • 23-10-2009 11:09PM
    #1
    LegacyUser
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    Hi, I am 22yrs old and have been lucky enough to do quite a bit of travel over the past few years. Most of this has been done during the summer months. After returning from each trip there would be a fairly bleak period of a month or two where I wished I was back travelling and then I would settle in to things planning the next trip and looking forward to it all winter. The same applies to this year and I feel like I am just living for the time of year where I can go off again. I know life away is always going to be more exhilarating than the daily grind of work or college but I just find it hard to enjoy my life when I am home. Don't get me wrong I am not miserable or anything and I have plenty of friends and things to keep me busy but it is always in the back of my mind how much happier I am when I am away in a different place. I think I am the type of person who gets bored easily when too comfortable with my surroundings and my lifestyle during the winter just seems too repetitive. I think about travelling every day and even when I watch films I often get reminded of places that I have been and a feeling of almost sadness comes over me. Some days I get very down about the way I feel and don't like the idea that I am not enjoying a large portion of the year. I am keeping busy with work and college but I don't even enjoy my nights out as much at home any more as they never come close to the type of things that happen when I am away. When most people I know go travelling, they come back and get back in to the swing of things in their normal lives but I seem to never be able to re adjust. I would go tomorrow if I wasn't tied down to college but I know staying put and finishing it will benefit me more in the long run. I still cant help but feel a bit unhappy though that I am not enjoying normal life that much.


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  • #2
    Kevster
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    Hi,

    Some day you're going to be gone outta this country again and realise how much you love it. Oh bugger, actually, I answered that thinking as if I was still living in Ireland! - i'm in the UK now. Anyway, you'll miss Ireland some day when you're older. For now, I can easily understand how upset you are being back there though. I had a similar effect happen to me when I returned to Ireland from South America.

    Kevin


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