Posted: 4/6/2009 9:25:56 AM EDT
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Anyone else have this problem, or is it just me?
[blabbering] It seemingly doesn't matter how many hobbies I have, how many people I meet, etc. Every 2 years or so I get the itch and end up moving. I'm about 2 months past the 2 year mark here and I'm starting to get it again. It's quite frustrating. [/end blabbering] |
| I used to get the travel bug about once every 18 months or so. It was usually cured with a 4-6 week trip to some third world country/shit hole. I always came back appreciating the US more and more. As for moving, I hate the process enough to keep me from doing it compulsively. |
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One of the reasons I joined the Army
I get fuckin itchy after a while and need a change of scenery. Fortunately for me, the guard allows me to volunteer for other units in other exotic locales and get shot at. Plus they pay me and give me food.....hard to beat really. |
Yep, I've got it. I think it's from moving so much as a child; it's kinda a part of me now. I HATE moving and I always think ok, this is the last time. It never happens though, I always end up moving again. I've never lived in a single house for more than 3/12 years my whole life. It's an expensive habit!!  It has however made me a pretty adaptable person I think. I seem to do well with change.
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Yep, I've got it. I think it's from moving so much as a child; it's kinda a part of me now. I just try to take alot of vacations. For some reason, although I love taking vacations and try to as often as possible, they just don't fill the void. I can't say that EVERYTIME I've moved it's been just because I felt the need though either. Often times it falls to circumstance as well. |
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Yep, I've got it. I think it's from moving so much as a child; it's kinda a part of me now. I just try to take alot of vacations. For some reason, although I love taking vacations and try to as often as possible, they just don't fill the void. It took me a couple decades to find the kinds of vacations that do work. For me, it's whirlwind tours. 700 miles + sights and people in 25 hours. 3200 miles + sights and people in 78 hours. But even living in one place, I tend (about every 2 years) to find a new group of friends. |
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Yep, I've got it. I think it's from moving so much as a child; it's kinda a part of me now. I just try to take alot of vacations. For some reason, although I love taking vacations and try to as often as possible, they just don't fill the void. It took me a couple decades to find the kinds of vacations that do work. For me, it's whirlwind tours. 700 miles + sights and people in 25 hours. 3200 miles + sights and people in 78 hours. But even living in one place, I tend (about every 2 years) to find a new group of friends. Registered:April 18, 2007 Title:Ballistic Beautician Location:WA, USA See ya! 
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But even living in one place, I tend (about every 2 years) to find a new group of friends. That's just it. I've been told I'm a "social" person that makes friends easily, but I guess I don't consider myself to fall into that mold. Who knows? I'd much rather have a small, close-knit group of friends than some wide-ranging group of acquaintances that I don't see very often or don't know all that well. I think some of this has to do with the realization that it's just so damn expensive to live here and that I'll end up moving sooner or later to somewhere with a lower cost of living. And yes, I hate the actual "moving" part of moving. It's fun and exciting for change (this is state #4 for me), but packing/moving/starting over is getting old and I don't think I want to do it anymore. Thanks for all the replies. It's good to know I'm not the only one who hates sitting still. |
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Anyone else have this problem, or is it just me? [blabbering] It seemingly doesn't matter how many hobbies I have, how many people I meet, etc. Every 2 years or so I get the itch and end up moving. I'm about 2 months past the 2 year mark here and I'm starting to get it again. It's quite frustrating. [/end blabbering] Okay. See ya! 
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But even living in one place, I tend (about every 2 years) to find a new group of friends. That's just it. I've been told I'm a "social" person that makes friends easily, but I guess I don't consider myself to fall into that mold. Who knows? I'd much rather have a small, close-knit group of friends than some wide-ranging group of acquaintances that I don't see very often or don't know all that well. Yep. Everyone tells me I'm social, but I don't think so. I tend to think the exact opposite. I enjoy making snap decisions about people and leaving them in their respective stereotypes. I know that's not PC to say, lotsa people get offended if they think I've "assessed and classified" them, but I don't care enough to change the way I do things. Frankly, I do it that way because it's right most of the time. 
I usually keep a few old friends when I find a new crowd, but not alot. Some of the people on here give me crap for spending a night in Lynden every other month, or a weekend in Lacey every month, with less common stays elsewhere, but I'm just visiting friends that I still hang with, even when I don't hang with the rest of that crowd much anymore. I dunno. Traveling doesn't hold the same glamour for me that it did as a kid. After awhile, all the people and places start to seem the same. Maybe different colors of rock, or shapes of leaves, but there's only so many ways you can combine them.
But it is nice to blow through old haunts every so often to play the rock star/soldier on leave/famous vagabond bit.  
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