I have spent my first 4 years of life in San Diego, 20 years in Washington State and now 2 years on the road as a Road Bandit. Friends and family back home ask me all the time “When are you coming back home?” or “Are you still on your Road Trip?” I just smile and tell them “I’ve already lived in Washington before and I’m not on a Road Trip I’m just living my life.” Now I loved living in Washington, it was a great place to grow up and I have awesome memories that I will never forget. But I want more, I want to see more, experience more and meet more than Washington can offer me right now.
I have seriously changed my outlook on life in these couple of years on the road and one major change is the mentality of what I call home. When I first hit the road I kept thinking about Washington and what everyone was doing there. The problem with that was I wasn’t living in the moment and taking in the present surroundings. After a couple of weeks of road life my mentality changed and now whether I am on the beaches of California or in the deserts of Nevada I am experiencing my life and taking in my surroundings.
Now this doesn’t mean I don’t care about Washington anymore, in fact I am actually watching the Seattle Mariners whoop on the Orioles as I type this blog. Sure its not the same as when I use to work the games and watch them from the 3rd base camera hole, but I still root for my Mariners and Seahawks and will continue to till the day I die. This isn’t a Road Trip anymore, its a Lifestyle and get ready for some crazy blogs that will showcase what its really like to take a chance, roll the dice and hit the road as a Road Bandit.
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Thanks Vince, I wish more people would realize that its their world and we are all just in it…I love that outlook.
You are an inspiration and so happy for you that your shift in thinking has made it easier to be present in each moment. I’m about to spend several weeks, maybe months, WHO KNOWS?!? on the road with my 13yo son. I know a few places we’re going but am ready for the road to tell us what’s next… truest statement is that HOME is where you are!
Safe travels to you!
Thanxs Bonnie:) I have lived a crazy style of not planning ahead and to be honest very rarely has it benefited me. But to be honest I wouldn’t have it any other way. Just make sure to trust your gut and that you’ve always got at least a quarter of a tank of gas:)
Wow, what a great post. I think there are some people who are nomadic and some are not and it is very difficult for one to relate to the other. Congrats for stepping up and living life to the way you want to, most people don’t.
So true Kieth on the difference between a vacation and a lifestyle:) As for those people who don’t well….everyone can but not everyone will.