Restless.. Want to be in 10 places at once.

This is a strange one.. I'm living in Hanoi and have a great lifestyle. Been out every night this week, have a lot of western friends and a growing number of local friends. It's generally the easiest life has ever been and I am genuinely happy here.

But.. Today, I'm looking at a job in a province of Vietnam because it would be a good culture shock and interesting adjustment.
Yesterday, I was looking at volunteering in Burma or Bhutan.
The day before, I was looking at doing the Trans Siberian from Beijing to St. Petersburg. Then teaching in Eastern Europe.
Pretty sure the day before that, I was thinking about going to China and teaching English while learning Mandarin so it would help my banking career after.
The day before that, I was probably looking at doing a motorbike trip in South America and teaching along the way.

Basically, throw a dart at a map and I've probably daydreamed about living or travelling there. The weather is very hot here right now and that means staying in the house a lot. I'm living with friends but there's still a lot of free time to go online and check maps and job sites. Maybe just throw the laptop away?

It's not exactly a big problem but fekin hell, why cant my mind just wait until I finish at least a year here, have some money saved and then think of where it wants to go next? I get so excited about all these places and I can go to all of them eventually, just not now.

petethebrick

My heart bleeds for you.....
Seriously, just wise up.

pearliefan

You're right it's not a huge problem but I think about that a fair bit myself. I want to be everywhere!

How long have you been in Hanoi now? I'd say pick one thing and do that for 6 months/a year. (Maybe the chinese one and learn mandarin as that would help in the future too). Then pick a deadline to move onto your next thing and then in another 6 months move on to something else etc. and continue that over whatever amount of time you think you have to travel (3 years maybe, I don't know what commitments you have).

petethebrick, you should learn how to use PI or not use it at all. It's not exactly a nice feeling to be stretched in every direction and be left not knowing where to go or where you actually want to be. But my problem isn't valid for some reason?

pearliefan, I've been here in Hanoi about 5 months now I guess. This is something I've been talking about with my best friend here. The method you suggested is the way I try to plan things... But the plans change every single day because I can't stop planning. It's like OCD for the future. My problem isn't where to go, it's the fact that I can't stop thinking about it.
No commitments, I said I'd do all this for 7 years, nearly 1 year in.

Ickle Magoo

petethebrick wrote: »

My heart bleeds for you.....
Seriously, just wise up.

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LegacyUser

ads by Google I know its clichéd but you have to live in the here and now not the future. I used to be the same but I lived in the past and its a horrible way to live. If you’re not living in the present, you’re living in illusion. Your right its like ocd and you have to battle it the same way as you would ocd, recognise its not healthy, even detrimental to your happiness and change your thought patterns. Simple in theory, harder in real life.