We've all dreamt of it haven't we? Strolling into the sunset and leaving our boring, soul destroying 9-5 behind in search of the fabled 'Travel Lifestyle'. Maybe your boss is a twat. Maybe your £2000 a month one bedroom shithole in an up-and-coming part of Hackney is adding to that £80k+ student debt looming over you. Or simply, maybe you have a lust to just be... Somewhere Else. I know that for me, all of the above three apply. Although, while spending a lot of my life in Hackney, I had the abject intelligence to move to somewhere cheaper by the time I was of rent-bearing age. Regardless, whatever our reasons, it seems that we both want the same thing. And that, dear reader, is happiness. It is also escape. It is also adventure. It is also experience. However when you boil it right down to its bare minerals, happiness is what we seek when we travel. It's that beautiful falafel pitta in Budapest that has just the right amount of hummus to make your heart sing. It's that trumpeteer who recites his tune on the hour, every hour from a tower in the main square of Kraków that adds a musical bump to your day. It's the sweetness of the box of strawberries you enjoy as you wander the delicatessens of Paris that allows you to forget all of your worries. Travelling is the art of the 'Other'. Experiencing things other than that we have already experienced. Exploring cultures other than that of our own. Eating foods and drinking drinks other than that we are used to. For us Monthly Mavericks, Weekly Warriors or Weekend Wildmen (or women!), these new experiences drive us toward the perpetual goal of all mankind - Happiness. It's a beautiful thing our world, and I hope that with this new venture of mine I can inspire you to take the action that I am now taking. Leave it all behind, experience everything that there is to experience and allow yourself to become the best version of you that there is to be in a world that is more than capable of facilitating that. Assuming you look in the right place. Now saying this, whether you're an avid, travel hungry person like myself, or a casual weekend explorer who is keen to see the world as and when they can, this blog is for you!
I invite you to follow me on my journey to spending my life doing what it is I love most, and I hope that along the way, you too can find your true calling, be it travel or otherwise. While my name might suggest it, with a bag on your back and a sense of adventure in your heart, you are never truly alone. Come with me friend, and let's traverse the world together! All the best, The Lonesome Wanderer
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Thea
6/24/2022 05:20:46 pm
Excited to follow your journey man❤️
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