I'll always want to be somewhere else in the world.

I'm sitting in my bedroom of my little Melbourne cottage.
I can see everything in my semi-untidy room; my unmade bed, my desk with my empty dinner plate and my shoes next to my bed, lying on their side after being drunkenly kicked off at 8am this morning.

It's got me thinking about my life right now.
For the record; I like it.

Living away from my old life was the best thing I could have done for myself.
I needed the distance from who I had let myself become, and a chance to start again where I left off.
I have complete confidence in who I am as a person now, I know I am back to how I was meant to be and I'm the happiest I have ever been.
Even though I feel like a sell out, living in amongst the rat race, scampering about in suits, I'm still learning things about myself and my life every single day.






But I was never meant to stay in one place.
I'm a traveler at heart and I've always known it.

I'm missing the never ending tide of like-minded people I meet, every character I have ever met leaves a mark, some small and some absolutely life changing.
Most never even know it.


I'm missing the simplicity.
Living out of a dirty old backpack, only having with you the things you need, and those few little treasures and trinkets you carry with you.
I look around my room now and can see that the moment I stay put and unpack my bags, the purposeless junk starts to pile up.
Life looses its simplicity - things seem complicated.





Having said all that, I do know I need to stay grounded for a while.

It was something my Dad wanted me to do. He always told me to study/set up what your going to do with your life first, travel after.
I broke his rule, but only because I honestly had no idea what I wanted to do with my life, other than see the world - there was no point waiting around for some inspiration to drop into my lap.

Even though I am sitting in my room, dreaming about my next adventure; I do know that, for now, Melbourne is my adventure.
It may not be one that I need a day pack and flight tickets for, but it will be just as exciting and enlightening. The early days of this chapter have already proven that.



I also know this longing to be somewhere else in the world is a feeling I'll have for life, no matter where I am.
I know my heart will always belong to the world I haven't seen
But I'm determined to stay and see what life has in store for me in this chapter.
Whether I'm living out of my dirty old backpack or not, I guess I'm still traveling along.