11 Things I Learned From Being a Traveling Nomad

I looked at my calendar today, took in a big breath, and muttered: "13 days." That's when I get on a plane to my new home: San Francisco. It's bittersweet. 8 months ago I set out from South Carolina with a backpack and laptop bag. I took a road trip from the east to the west coast, lived and traveled through Central America, and crossed a couple things off my bucket list. Yet it wasn't about these things. It was what happened between September and May. It was the journey. These are 11 things I learned from the last eight months of living and traveling nomadically. What I learned. Don't go off quitting your job and traveling the world because I did and if you show up at my house, knocking on my door and asking me why you didn't learn these things while traveling, then I'll come down with a sudden case of long-term memory loss. Nonetheless, I hope that even just one of these inspires you in a way that it has inspired me.

Labels are Overrated.
Labels are Overrated.
Wants vs. Needs
Wants vs. Needs
The great travel paradox.
The great travel paradox.
Is having less, having more
Is having less, having more
The Imitation never replaces the real thing.
The Imitation never replaces the real thing.
Stories help me make sense of the world.
Stories help me make sense of the world.
I can largely do what I want.
I can largely do what I want.
Travel can be an education like no other.
Travel can be an education like no other.
Long-term travel isn't for everyone.
Long-term travel isn't for everyone.
There is just something about home.
There is just something about home.