I don’t know what causes this. But when i go out to the park, i feel much better than i do in this apartment. And the forest, i love the forest.
I would really like to take my truck out and just drive off for 2 days. Not necessarily drive 24/7 or 100s of miles, just drive somewhere new that i’ve never been and will never go to again, and just find things to occupy my days and sleep in the car at night. Sadly, i cannot sleep in the cab but you get the idea. I read ted bundy used to do the same thing, disappear for days on end and sleep in the car. although his motives may have been different. Maybe after i graduate i will spend the weekends driving to other towns and sleeping in the car or walking deep in the forest and camping out.
Is there a psychological reason for doing this, or is this just a personal habit and not a symptom of anything? Is this tied into running from your problems or something?
I find spending a day in the bush, or a night under the stars recharges my batteries, and makes me feel refreshed, optimistic and energetic again.
I’m not running away from problems when I go camping or 4WDing. I’m enjoying my life and doing something that makes my spirit sing.
What do you like about being in the forest? What do you think about? What are the results of a trip to the forest for you? Why do you think it might be a psychological problem, instead of just a preference for how you’d like to spend your time ? Why not buy a second-hand tent, if you can’t sleep in your car ?
Some days I almost hate my mother for raising me to be so responsible. I would throw my clothes, some books and my son in the truck and be gone!
Thats why I am so excited to go to Portland Dopefest this year. I cant afford it, I shouldnt take the time off work but the hell with it! I AM GOING !!! hehehehe
adulthood? bah…
On a related note… the older I get the less I like buildings. I almost literally CANT go into some I get so antsy to get out and DRIVE!!
I have a dream of one day buying a small wooden shed, one of those $1k models that is 9ft x 16ft. Building it in an isolated part of the forest, putting a bed, chair, desk, tv, computer and satellite in there and spending days on end there.
On one hand i would want anemities like a tv, computer & satellite (satellites for tv and internet) but on the other hand i wouldn’t. I want to get away but i don’t want to be bored stiff either.
I have a double-serving of wanderlust. I’ve posted a couple of times that I want to drive across the country when my MGB is restored. Last Saturday my new passport came in the mail. I’d like to hop on a plane and got to England or Australia. Better yet, I’d like to have my own airplane or helicopter and just fly to places.
Nah, definitely nothing wrong with you. It’s the folks who never want to go anywhere that I worry about.
I just got back from a month in Alaska and I’m so ready to go somewhere else already. (Probably won’t happen for the next eleven months, what with that pesky earning-money thing and all, but I can always plan and dream…)
I haven’t had a chance to get away in years, but i think abou tit often. I’m considering a winter hike of 2 weeks or so, just for the challenge of it. That is, if I can get the time off, convince the wife I’m not really sneaking to Atlantic City, and retain my sanity until that date.
I actually get to go all over this country remodeling restaurants and cabins/resorts.
Most of the time, I just do jobs around here, from installing a couple of new windows for PaceSetter at a couple of different houses, or a week long exterior repaint of an average sized house, or even taking on a three month remodel of a large house.
But, when the guy with the restaurant contract calls and says we have a 14 day to 8 week remodel in CO, WA, IL, or even TX, I am there! I almost always spend from a couple of days to a week getting home, 'cause I like to go off of the interstate, see the real America.
Sometimes, tho, the job sucked so much I would rather get home ASAP.
Nothing wrong with wanderlust. I consider it extremely normal and sometimes quite needed.
Just 2 days ago I was saying to the SO, “any weekend in which I get to take a hike in the forest is a good one”, and he agreed. Something about the outdoors is therapeutic. I think the urban environment is not a natural one and invokes a lot of stresses. The colors, sounds, smells of the outdoors, the feel of sun and/or a cool breeze on my skin, all connect me with my Creator and make me feel good.
Every year I take a solo camping trip to an area I’ve never been. There certainly is nothing wrong with it. I do find when I am especially stressed out I tend to want to “run away” somewhere. Usually in the form of a road trip but I always come back and fix whatever is bothering me. Its just a way to by time and space.
