Comments on: Is Full-Time Travel an Act of Withdrawal? http://theprofessionalhobo.com/2009/09/is-full-time-travel-an-act-of-withdrawal/ Adventures of a Girl with No Fixed Address Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:43:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: NYC http://theprofessionalhobo.com/2009/09/is-full-time-travel-an-act-of-withdrawal/comment-page-1/#comment-21320 NYC Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:48:53 +0000 http://theprofessionalhobo.com/?p=889#comment-21320 Quite interesting.. Here are pictures and notes of the last places visited http://www.byguide.com/travel-story.asp?s=9 http://www.byguide.com/travel-story.asp?s=10 http://www.byguide.com/travel-story.asp?s=11 http://www.byguide.com/travel-story.asp?s=12 Quite interesting.. Here are pictures and notes of the last places visited
http://www.byguide.com/travel-story.asp?s=9
http://www.byguide.com/travel-story.asp?s=10
http://www.byguide.com/travel-story.asp?s=11
http://www.byguide.com/travel-story.asp?s=12

]]> By: theprofessionalhobo http://theprofessionalhobo.com/2009/09/is-full-time-travel-an-act-of-withdrawal/comment-page-1/#comment-21317 theprofessionalhobo Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:34:00 +0000 http://theprofessionalhobo.com/?p=889#comment-21317 @NYC - Good stuff! You must be having some amazing adventures on the high seas! Please send me an email (through the "contact me" page) if you'd like to participate in my week-in-the-life series: I'm sure lots of people would like to know what a week-in-the-life of sailing is like! @NYC – Good stuff! You must be having some amazing adventures on the high seas! Please send me an email (through the “contact me” page) if you’d like to participate in my week-in-the-life series: I’m sure lots of people would like to know what a week-in-the-life of sailing is like!

]]> By: NYC http://theprofessionalhobo.com/2009/09/is-full-time-travel-an-act-of-withdrawal/comment-page-1/#comment-21311 NYC Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:08:02 +0000 http://theprofessionalhobo.com/?p=889#comment-21311 Great way to proceed, if you manage to do so! I am spending more time then usual on a vacation, part of it on a sailing boat. Now I am still sailing in the Mediterranean and I don't know where or when the trip will end, the only thing I am sure about I like to continue. I know I will have to find another job soon and all this will have an end but I will repeat this experience again as soon as I can and it will possibly be complete different places and ways of traveling. Traveling for a long time, say 2 moths or more, puts everything in a different perspective and allows things that would be impossible if you are on a tight time schedule. I relocated for work in Europe and central Asia in the past and I can compare this with long term vacation traveling whereby there is a possibility to establish a strong contact with the places and the people as you are not rushing from a place to another. Great way to proceed, if you manage to do so! I am spending more time then usual on a vacation, part of it on a sailing boat. Now I am still sailing in the Mediterranean and I don’t know where or when the trip will end, the only thing I am sure about I like to continue. I know I will have to find another job soon and all this will have an end but I will repeat this experience again as soon as I can and it will possibly be complete different places and ways of traveling. Traveling for a long time, say 2 moths or more, puts everything in a different perspective and allows things that would be impossible if you are on a tight time schedule. I relocated for work in Europe and central Asia in the past and I can compare this with long term vacation traveling whereby there is a possibility to establish a strong contact with the places and the people as you are not rushing from a place to another.

]]> By: Runaway Career Counselor | There's No Place Like Oz http://theprofessionalhobo.com/2009/09/is-full-time-travel-an-act-of-withdrawal/comment-page-1/#comment-12131 Runaway Career Counselor | There's No Place Like Oz Thu, 06 May 2010 23:03:54 +0000 http://theprofessionalhobo.com/?p=889#comment-12131 [...] fall, I came across an article from The Professional Hobo, and Nora shares that for her, full-time travel is an act of engaging with others — not one [...] [...] fall, I came across an article from The Professional Hobo, and Nora shares that for her, full-time travel is an act of engaging with others — not one [...]

]]> By: theprofessionalhobo http://theprofessionalhobo.com/2009/09/is-full-time-travel-an-act-of-withdrawal/comment-page-1/#comment-6895 theprofessionalhobo Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:17:52 +0000 http://theprofessionalhobo.com/?p=889#comment-6895 @soultravelers3 - Thanks for the awesome comment and perspective! Indeed....I think by simply living the lives of our dreams, we can inspire others to do so. Not everybody will understand our motives, but it's not necessary for absolutely everybody to "get it". Cheers! @Sharon - You go girl! I believe life has way more options than we realize. Seeing those options - and deciding which ones are for you - now that is the fun! @soultravelers3 – Thanks for the awesome comment and perspective! Indeed….I think by simply living the lives of our dreams, we can inspire others to do so. Not everybody will understand our motives, but it’s not necessary for absolutely everybody to “get it”. Cheers!

@Sharon – You go girl! I believe life has way more options than we realize. Seeing those options – and deciding which ones are for you – now that is the fun!

]]> By: Sharon Hurley Hall http://theprofessionalhobo.com/2009/09/is-full-time-travel-an-act-of-withdrawal/comment-page-1/#comment-6866 Sharon Hurley Hall Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:03:07 +0000 http://theprofessionalhobo.com/?p=889#comment-6866 I think it's important to follow your dreams, and to do it now. Why wait, when you don't know what might happen? That's one of the reasons we moved to the Caribbean now, rather than waiting for retirement. Way to go! I think it’s important to follow your dreams, and to do it now. Why wait, when you don’t know what might happen? That’s one of the reasons we moved to the Caribbean now, rather than waiting for retirement. Way to go!

]]> By: soultravelers3 http://theprofessionalhobo.com/2009/09/is-full-time-travel-an-act-of-withdrawal/comment-page-1/#comment-6853 soultravelers3 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:42:55 +0000 http://theprofessionalhobo.com/?p=889#comment-6853 You are absolutely right of course! ;) Slow travel in particular is about engagement and deep immersion into other cultures. The world has changed a lot since we both started our world travels and I think the voices out there that are "living the dream" are doing an important service to let others know that it is easier, cheaper & more enriching than most realize.....even for families! ;) Thanks for being you and giving your gift of "experiencing the world your way" with all of us! Everyone might not "get" it (like your friend) but plenty of us do! As Shakespeare so wisely said, "To thine own self be true"! You are absolutely right of course! ;) Slow travel in particular is about engagement and deep immersion into other cultures.

The world has changed a lot since we both started our world travels and I think the voices out there that are “living the dream” are doing an important service to let others know that it is easier, cheaper & more enriching than most realize…..even for families! ;)

Thanks for being you and giving your gift of “experiencing the world your way” with all of us! Everyone might not “get” it (like your friend) but plenty of us do!

As Shakespeare so wisely said, “To thine own self be true”!

]]> By: theprofessionalhobo http://theprofessionalhobo.com/2009/09/is-full-time-travel-an-act-of-withdrawal/comment-page-1/#comment-6789 theprofessionalhobo Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:13:23 +0000 http://theprofessionalhobo.com/?p=889#comment-6789 @Carlo - Great perspective! @Carlo – Great perspective!

]]> By: Carlo http://theprofessionalhobo.com/2009/09/is-full-time-travel-an-act-of-withdrawal/comment-page-1/#comment-6787 Carlo Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:21:31 +0000 http://theprofessionalhobo.com/?p=889#comment-6787 To be honest, even if you (or I or anyone) were actually using travel to escape from society, I would find absolutely nothing wrong with that. I think most travelers find something inherently wrong with society, and which is why travel is so "counter-culture"...because most of us don't want to belong to that. To be honest, even if you (or I or anyone) were actually using travel to escape from society, I would find absolutely nothing wrong with that. I think most travelers find something inherently wrong with society, and which is why travel is so “counter-culture”…because most of us don’t want to belong to that.

]]> By: theprofessionalhobo http://theprofessionalhobo.com/2009/09/is-full-time-travel-an-act-of-withdrawal/comment-page-1/#comment-6136 theprofessionalhobo Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:27:28 +0000 http://theprofessionalhobo.com/?p=889#comment-6136 @Angela - Even when I lived in one place, I led a "transient" life in that I tended to change careers every two years or so! Careers...countries....maybe it's something in the water....(smiles) @Angela – Even when I lived in one place, I led a “transient” life in that I tended to change careers every two years or so! Careers…countries….maybe it’s something in the water….(smiles)

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