A Brief Introduction
I don't remember much about my childhood, mostly because my memory is quite bad. I feel I remember a lot of things, but who knows how many of those things actually happened. One memory I have that feels as real as the fingers typing this post is a desire to see the world. It was a desire so strong that, at one point, I remember saying I wanted to be a traveling vagabond.
In the end, I chose to be a teacher instead. I worked my first teaching job right out of college in a school district that was a stone's throw from the university that had given me my degree. And while I had done quite a bit of traveling up until that point, I had yet to give myself over to the road.
I spent a lot of time during those early working years trying to learn how to stay somewhere. I stayed for three years to get my Master's degree, but then I moved halfway around the world. I stayed halfway around the world for two years teaching, but then I moved again. And the cycle of trying to stay continued for quite a few years to follow. The only constant I had was my teaching. That is until this June when I decided to stop trying to stay anywhere.
June 2019 was the beginning of my true untethering, and I have been on the road since.
Since then I've traveled to Spain, Germany, England, Scotland, Malaysia, Australia, the US, and Mexico. I've road in cars and vans, on buses, on boats, and in a lot of planes. I've had whole houses to myself and rented rooms where I shared a bathroom with at least five other people. I've taught yoga and meditation. I've made soap, done sound healings, and learned about digital marketing. And it has taken me up until this moment to embrace that life has changed now.
When I was in Penang (Malaysia), a friend of mine called me a 'digital nomad'. I bristled at the term, not really feeling I was a part of that demographic (I turn 40 in May). I've had others call me an adventurer, which seems way too brave a label for what I do, which often involves me going to bed by 10pm. And I've heard rumor that certain people in my circle have called me 'lost', which doesn't fit either. I know exactly where I am, and where I'm going next.
I don't have a label for what this is, and don't really feel the need for one. I do, however, feel like it's high time to start putting into words where life has led me in this current moment. I hope that this blog will help me do that.
In the end, I chose to be a teacher instead. I worked my first teaching job right out of college in a school district that was a stone's throw from the university that had given me my degree. And while I had done quite a bit of traveling up until that point, I had yet to give myself over to the road.
I spent a lot of time during those early working years trying to learn how to stay somewhere. I stayed for three years to get my Master's degree, but then I moved halfway around the world. I stayed halfway around the world for two years teaching, but then I moved again. And the cycle of trying to stay continued for quite a few years to follow. The only constant I had was my teaching. That is until this June when I decided to stop trying to stay anywhere.
June 2019 was the beginning of my true untethering, and I have been on the road since.
Since then I've traveled to Spain, Germany, England, Scotland, Malaysia, Australia, the US, and Mexico. I've road in cars and vans, on buses, on boats, and in a lot of planes. I've had whole houses to myself and rented rooms where I shared a bathroom with at least five other people. I've taught yoga and meditation. I've made soap, done sound healings, and learned about digital marketing. And it has taken me up until this moment to embrace that life has changed now.
When I was in Penang (Malaysia), a friend of mine called me a 'digital nomad'. I bristled at the term, not really feeling I was a part of that demographic (I turn 40 in May). I've had others call me an adventurer, which seems way too brave a label for what I do, which often involves me going to bed by 10pm. And I've heard rumor that certain people in my circle have called me 'lost', which doesn't fit either. I know exactly where I am, and where I'm going next.
I don't have a label for what this is, and don't really feel the need for one. I do, however, feel like it's high time to start putting into words where life has led me in this current moment. I hope that this blog will help me do that.
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