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May 27, 04
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when you realize home is shit.
so,i've been away for almost 10 months and i had an AMAZING time....and now i'm thinking i shouldn't have even come back, i did miss my mom but now that i've seen her I feel like going away again!!! I know I should give it a chance but i just know I'm going to be so unhappy for awhile! this sucks! I miss everybody so much already!!! :(
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May 28, 04
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I think you've caught the travel bug. I know a few people who are constantly either exploring the world or planning their next trip. One day I will be one of those people.
Just wait till summer kicks in full swing. I think those months out here are enough to make anyone settle comfortably back into home life at least for a little while!
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May 28, 04
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Most backpackers wirte back a very depressing email when they return home after soo long. It definently feels very wierd being back. Took me over a week to actualy call and socialize with ppl... and I remember trying to take off agian less than 7 days when I got first home :P
Youll fall into place again soon enough. And hopefully youll gain a very soothing open idea of what you really want to do in life too after a month or so. Luckly you traved at a very young age and have PLENTY of years ahead of you to get away and adventure. My advice would be to take your own time and explain your feelings of sadness/depretion with friends/family and accept it for the time being. I found this very hard for them to understand and many felt kinda rejected, but it is a very akward stage right now. Things will fall in place and youll feel like your "home" again im sure :) If not we should take off somewhere this summer!!! Last edited by Ree Fresh; May 28, 04 at 06:17 AM.
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May 28, 04
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vancouver is just a really really mellow place if you compare it to anywhere else.
Elsewhere theres alot happening all the time, things are just moving. When you come back, you'll go through a little depressive phase wondering what happened to all that action then you absorb in and it doesn't get so bad anymore... until you stay for too long and you wanna get the fuck out again... like myself. just booked a ticket to new york i'm outta here for a bit!
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May 28, 04
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I know exactly what your going through. It totally is the travellers bug, My only existence here is planning my next trip. well that and school. But my new plan after australia is to study abroad! Just start planning your next trip right now. It helps.
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May 28, 04
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^word up!
I have absolutely no urge to go ANYWHERE...BC is fucking amazing, I've made a great life for myself here, and I plan to make it even better. I don't get what's with people who complain about their lives all the time - fucking do something about it then!
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May 28, 04
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i travel all the time for periods of 2-4 months. coming home for me always seems weird, but seeing my friends...not so much family, but friends, smoothens everyhing out.
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May 28, 04
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Of course I intend to travel, but for short periods of time. Every time I'm away, I am always so glad to be home and have everything back to normal, no matter how much fun I had while I was gone!
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May 28, 04
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spend time with friends, go walk around the seawall on a beautiful day, get sushi, go to your fave club night, go to the beach... get re-vancouvered. i'm a total travel fiend, but i also love my city. it's just hard to re-adjust, but give it time. oh, and if you're feeling the itch take out travel books from the library, it's a good way to feel like you're out there again. also consider traveling locally, go to victoria, tofino, whistler, hiking around squamish, go to seattle, jasper... there's tons of weekend-type trips around.
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May 28, 04
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Traveling is a whole new world/mind frame completly.
The experience of walking into a place youve never been especialy alone and ajusting yourself to a whole new culture/city/town/way of life opens your mind so much and is an amazing learning expereince you cant get anywhere else. I find meeting new ppl and learning how they live life from around the world is such an amazing rush that always intrests my full attention. Ill highly encuraged and adore any young adult who has the curage and risks to leave their home/daily life to experience somthing you cant find in books or living at home. You dont realy realize how much we are afected and change our own ways of life with the ppl around us (parents, freinds, employers, media) That's why many say traveling is a great way to learn about your true self becuse these things taht mean so much to you at home are no longer there to influence you... there fore youll find yoruself doing exactly what you want to do and being exactly who you are! Not beign happy about home (Vancouver) isnt really about not liking it for wah it is. Said before, its hard to re-ajust. After long times traveling you learned to socialze a whole new way, live a whole new way and it will be very diffrent than Vancouver. Also a huge commonn shocker when coming home is how everything is the same when you left... even after a full year! Kinda disapointing in a way?
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May 28, 04
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Like I mentioned before... ppl back home will a have a very hard time understanding why someone can be so sad when coming back.
Those who come back just need some time/ Its really weird just absolutly weird. Kidna like spinning around a 100 times and not knowing where to go or how to think how to judge... In time im sure courney will love vancouver agian, and maybe even better than before :)
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May 28, 04
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it sucks ass
i remember laying awake the night i got home looking at this poster on the wall i got from work friends before i left and wanting nothing more then to be back there. its the fact that have no one to ask on and you have to decide things for yourself that makes you feel different.i think. i wish you the best, and like no trace said, plan ahead...its fun. talk about it, that helps too. Last edited by mojo; May 28, 04 at 03:33 PM.
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May 29, 04
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Jun 01, 04
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^Go kick your ass in gear!!! Ive met some amazing travelers who have traveled, worked, done some school aroudn the world for YEARS! Im trying to do the best I can not to stary stuck here cus I probly will once I go back to school again. Thats why I highly recoment youngters out of highschool to travel first hand... otherwise you get stuck :(
I might actulay still be going to Thailand again now... augest might work better :D
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Jun 01, 04
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Travelling abroad can also be a huuuuuge cop-out; I know soooo many people that have 'gone travelling' because they've built up so much conflict and so many problems here and they've been too cowardly or too scared to face them so they take off. And I never said YOU were complaining about your life, I said that I hate it when people do. Obviously you like it where you've moved to, and therefore you did do something about not liking it so much here. My point was that there are a lot of people that bitch and whine about this, that and the other thing to do with their lives and yet they do nothing else about it!
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Jun 01, 04
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Meg: Go for it!!! I know its tough disition making and takes some seriouse risks... hope i didnt diss you... but best of luck with your dreams!!!
Mojo: Best of luck findign some ppl to travel wtih... It took me 8 months and like 5 ppl b4 I found somone willing to travel the sme destination around teh same time... check swap.ca... they should still have a forum you can meeet peeps ect from around van/bc/canada... again follow your dreams!!! Natalie, Natalie, Natalie... Please dont give that "You know, some people already have sense and knowledge of "what is out there" other than the i know it all 14 year old talk... dont actualy think knowing everything about the world gives you the same experience as traveling does??? Untill youve done the backpack/hostel thing for a fair amount of time... on your very own... I dont really think its fair to say that :kimmie:
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Jun 01, 04
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no diss at all, i just have some things here in port moody to do, and realistically, im gonna need alot of money before i go, because i probably wont come home for awhile. i'm ready to jump into the whole thing with my eyes closed... i envy every person who has traveled, i get so jealous at school while everyone talks of their travels - they are all about 5-8 years older, which makes me feel a little better because i am young, and i got time. i concur with your ideas on growing as you travel\learning\soul searching. my friend erin has been traveling since she graded 4 years ago, and she is the one person who seems to always have an answer or always have the right words at the right moment. thailand? your so lucky. and hey, best of luck with your dreams too!
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