Embrace Your Evolutionary Travel Bug

Have you heard it said before? “When are you going to settle down?” ”Where will you end up living?” Maybe it is only your own voice inside your head pestering you. You’ve moved cities three times in four years, moved house so many times and had that many housemates that you feel like you should give lectures (or write blogs) to people about moving. But when is it going stop? Shouldn’t you be thinking about where you are going to build your nest and start think about those scary grown-up words that even 27 y.o.s dread; commitment, family, babies… BABIES argh!!!!

But who says you have to stop moving around? Who said that kids are better off living their whole childhoods in one place? Who said you can’t raise a perfectly well-balanced and functional family on the go? Some of the most interesting and well-balanced people I know were raised in expat households.

There are no rules about how to live your life. You only have one and it is up to you what path you chose to take. If you believe something can happen then it will. If you commit yourself to maintaining your gypsy lifestyle and believe you can still give your future family a safe and nurturing home environment then you can. The power lies within you to make your dreams a reality. So stop feeling guilty about your travel itch.

As far as I’m concerned it is part of our natural evolutionary nature to survive. Mankind has been migrating around the planet for a millennia in order to survive so think of it as just having a stronger than average survival instinct! I challenge you to saying this to the next person who tells you you need to start settling down and I’d be curious to hear their response.