Should you quit your job and travel the world?

There’s been a trend lately with the rise of modern day, permanent nomads. They’re adventurers who sell everything they own to live a life of permanent travel. I’ve met a few of them and I’m very impressed by their lifestyle choice. I commend them for living their lives the way they do and following their dream. But for me, being virtually homeless is not what I’m after.

I love to travel, and one of my goals is to book at least one trip somewhere near or far every month. Part of being away for a while, is the experience of coming home with new memories, stories, and pictures. Where “home” is varies, as I’ve moved many times in my life. At age twenty-six I left Europe behind and moved across the Atlantic Ocean to start a new life in Canada. In some way you could say that makes me a permanent nomad as well. The difference is that most of my airfare is not one-way, but a return ticket to a familiar place I call home, even if that place changes significantly from time to time.

Returning hom…