- Browsing wanderlust photos on tumblr.
- Reading travel blogs.
- Discussing impossible jobs abroad with friends.
- Watching "Floortje to the end of the world" ("Floortje naar het einde van de wereld") or a similar travel program. Or all travel programs you can get your hands on.
- Reading up on ways to spend less to save up for traveling.
- Itching to get on the road again.
- Wanting to chase that feeling of freedom you had when you last traveled and moved a lot.
If you recognise yourself in all of these points, you might have the travel bug too. There is no antidote.
Now I started my January feeling very much nostalgic to my time in New Zealand: moving a lot, seeing new things and meeting a shitload of people. And I was really wondering why I just don't hit the road again. And just travel the world. Forever.
Here's why I won't: money. I have little of it, and you do need at least a bit of it to go traveling. I'm trying to save up for it, but it's hard if you have bills, rent and food to buy haha. And I also adore my family and find it hard to part with them, even if it was for only 1,5 month. But I still desire to travel.
You know how (so far) my travel plans have started? By joking about it. "You know I could find a job... or I could go to New Zealand." That's how that plan came to be. And I've started to joke around that I could visit my dear friend Dewi in Indonesia when she's there doing an internship. And so I am here to tell you: I AM GOING TO INDONESIA! Why? Because I like to make decisions on a whim.
