I can't be the only one saying; I want to travel so bad that my heart is aching. London isn't bad, there is a lot to enjoy with such great nightlife. However, I have been accustomed to seeing its own beautiful architecture: Regency, Edwardian, Art Deco… it's no longer new. I even got bored of the beautiful English countryside (I try not to come across as ungrateful but I've seen it a lot). There is so much more to love, but it comes at a literal price.
(Amsterdam)
I need to see something strange, maybe colour combinations that I haven't already seen, shapes and lines that might exist outside the boundaries of the Fibbonacci sequence. I love peonies and roses, but what if there are some that look like flames or animals or something? What if there are animals that are a cross between like, a cat and a dolphin that either love or detest the sight of humans? And we all know that there are humans that have a completely different lifestyle to you and I, with different working and recreational habits. If you have clicked on this post, chances are you also have this burning desire to travel and surround yourself with these other rhythms and flows of life and find out if they complement your personality and align with your preferences.
Backpacking
Do you have all these desires and then reel yourself back in because it would take so much money? Going from the U.K. to Asia is so difficult because I don't have £1000+ and can't quit my jobs here to work there because that means I don't have security if I come back – have you seen the job market in London? If your base is somewhere like here, New York or somewhere that is very competitive, essentially, you can't really risk spending 3 weeks 'on holiday' on a work exchange in another country because that would mean you're unreliable. You could get away with 2 weeks doing this, but it's not really an in-depth experience, right? Because you can only take these 2 weeks perhaps once or twice a year.
So instead of doing a work exchange once per year, you could go backpacking, hopping from one country to another, but that's even more brief, isn't it? Some people I know really enjoyed it, describing it like a 'blast', but I went to Naples for a few days and came back wanting to know more about cultural life, get used to proper, home-cooked Italian food, make some friends and all that jazz. Amsterdam turned out to be a fleeting memory, making me want to join the Royal Opera House, hang out with friends to work in a coffee shop.
(Pompeii)
Your own work
My ideal travel timeframe would be to spend at least one month in every country I desire to visit to create a thorough understanding of the place and to represent it in my writing. Obviously that's almost an unattainable dream. If you also have specific tastes like me, you probably want to take your work wherever you go, you probably want to be self-employed. Maybe the easiest way to bring your work with you is to make your work about travelling. And for me, while I'm still a long way away, I plan to make writing my job, my little pocket job. You can always take your art everywhere you go, you don't need a particular place other than a gallery to showcase your paintings or a theatre to showcase your play, which you can find in almost every major city.
(Naples)
You gotta weigh up your options with your preferences and skills. Can you make the most of a trip in 2 days? Do you prefer to live your life fast-paced or slower? I know I have hopes of establishing a stable income with all this writing. The reason I have chosen this path for travelling is that I have seen YouTubers do it with their channels but for me, some saving up is definitely needed. If you decide to do this, just keep doing what you're doing, persist, and maybe, some day, doors will open and you could have everything you've ever wanted. My heart is scared and worried, but it finds its faith every time.
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