Comments on: Handling the transition: Back to reality? http://www.vagablogging.net/handling-the-transition-back-to-reality.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:14:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: » What does it feel like to transition back to “regular” life? :: Vagablogging :: Rolf Potts Vagabonding Blog http://www.vagablogging.net/handling-the-transition-back-to-reality.html/comment-page-1#comment-5811 » What does it feel like to transition back to “regular” life? :: Vagablogging :: Rolf Potts Vagabonding Blog Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:00:14 +0000 http://www.vagablogging.net/?p=2642#comment-5811 [...] Abha recently mentioned, some of the hardships of transitioning back after an extended trip aren’t things you can [...] [...] Abha recently mentioned, some of the hardships of transitioning back after an extended trip aren’t things you can [...]

]]> By: malia http://www.vagablogging.net/handling-the-transition-back-to-reality.html/comment-page-1#comment-5794 malia Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:47:10 +0000 http://www.vagablogging.net/?p=2642#comment-5794 i recently returned from an 8 month RTW and i've had a hard time going back to what others refer to as "reality." at first, i started off with temp jobs in the same field that i worked in pre-RTW, but then found a chance to manage a retail store that is opening up for the holiday season, which sounded like fun, even if it's also "temporary." the other day a well-intentioned friend of mine told me "it's so nice to hear how hard you're working now and what a change it must be from your traveling life." i had some of the same feelings that you did upon hearing her comment. traveling itself takes work and planning! i wish people would recognize that i didn't leave to "escape reality" or to avoid working hard. i left because i feel the most "at home" when i'm abroad - learning other cultures, exploring places i've never been. as you said, it was my choice. and i don't regret it for a second. i guess if anything, it's just taught me to care less about what others think, and it's brought me more in tune with my own wants/needs, no matter how far they seem from others' expectations of "reality." i recently returned from an 8 month RTW and i’ve had a hard time going back to what others refer to as “reality.” at first, i started off with temp jobs in the same field that i worked in pre-RTW, but then found a chance to manage a retail store that is opening up for the holiday season, which sounded like fun, even if it’s also “temporary.”

the other day a well-intentioned friend of mine told me “it’s so nice to hear how hard you’re working now and what a change it must be from your traveling life.” i had some of the same feelings that you did upon hearing her comment. traveling itself takes work and planning! i wish people would recognize that i didn’t leave to “escape reality” or to avoid working hard. i left because i feel the most “at home” when i’m abroad – learning other cultures, exploring places i’ve never been.

as you said, it was my choice. and i don’t regret it for a second. i guess if anything, it’s just taught me to care less about what others think, and it’s brought me more in tune with my own wants/needs, no matter how far they seem from others’ expectations of “reality.”

]]> By: Silvia http://www.vagablogging.net/handling-the-transition-back-to-reality.html/comment-page-1#comment-5773 Silvia Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:16:43 +0000 http://www.vagablogging.net/?p=2642#comment-5773 I think that it's very important to enjoy your own reality whatever it might be. You're absolutely right, a job, mortgage, family, etc. doesn't make a reality. Reality is what you choose it to be and even though my own reality at the moment is not exactly what I'd like it to be (i.e. I'm not a vagabond quite yet), it doesn't mean that I can't enjoy the journey until I fulfill my own dream, whether it's heading off on an indefinite traveling adventure or deciding that at the end of that journey that I really would like to put down some roots after all. So in answer to your question, I'm happy with what life throws my way. I think that it’s very important to enjoy your own reality whatever it might be. You’re absolutely right, a job, mortgage, family, etc. doesn’t make a reality. Reality is what you choose it to be and even though my own reality at the moment is not exactly what I’d like it to be (i.e. I’m not a vagabond quite yet), it doesn’t mean that I can’t enjoy the journey until I fulfill my own dream, whether it’s heading off on an indefinite traveling adventure or deciding that at the end of that journey that I really would like to put down some roots after all. So in answer to your question, I’m happy with what life throws my way.

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