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 Posted: Sat Feb 9, 2008 9:08 pm |
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| Hey. I know most of you must be planning the trip of your lifetime so sorry for this depressing post! I've been back 7 weeks and I miss that life! I know everyone feels this way when they get back but I can't seem to find my place here. I'm tempted to go off again, I was happy away and don't know what to do with my life now I'm back. The route I can take is, and was before, meaningless. I want to be free again...!! What to do!!! | |
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| Posted: Sat Feb 9, 2008 9:12 pm |
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| Hey!
Where did you come back from and where would you like to head off to? I think if you are still feeling this way, maybe you should head off again. Not everyone is built for the 2.4 children and the semi-d in the suburbs!  |
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| Posted: Sat Feb 9, 2008 9:58 pm |
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| hey, completely agree with irish, if you don't want to settle down into a 9-5 life why should you?
someone once gave me a bit of advice; life isnt a dress rehearsal, we only get one chance to do what we want to do, so why not do it! DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO!! Good luck!! |
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| Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 11:20 am |
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| Hiya!
I've been back about 5 weeks and feeling exactly the same. I've struggled to get a job because my heart hasn't been in the jobs I've applied for. (Though two of them have now called me back for a second interview, so that looks quite promising!). Even though my old job has been held open for me and I didn't mind it too much I decided against going back there, I just can't bare the thought of getting trapped there (as many people seem to) and then be working there doing the exact same thing as before I left; thinking about all the exciting things I did whilst I was away. I really wanted to get away again by this summer, doing Camp America or something, but a few things have come up which means my family and friends need me here this year, so I'm settling for a couple of holidays in Devon and Cornwall with some of my closest friends 
I think, assuming you don't have any commitments, it won't hurt to plan a trip away again! I'm sick of people who keep telling everyone that travelling is a waste of time or whatever- how can it be a waste if it makes you so happy? I've already been searching though this site, looking for ideas of where to go next! Anyway... chin-up! You could always arrange a couple of trips to meet up with people you met travelling? That's what I'm hoping to do once I get myself all sorted out and I think that'll be fun! xxx |
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| Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 12:06 pm |
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| Reverse culture shock is always one of the hardest things about travel. You have changed, but nothing else has when you come back. Having friends who cannot relate to your stories is even harder.
I have been on two seperate long trips now and find it best to stay as busy as poss soon after returing home. That could mean taking up a new hobby or learning the language of your fav country! Ive now got a few South American friends in London, because i got out there and made the effort to meet them. Now its almost as if im there myself! There are people from all over the world here, so it should be easy enough to meet people from the places you travelled. It will get easier with time trust me, but in the mean time- get planning that next trip 
Chin up. Dan |
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| Posted: Thu Nov 5, 2009 10:16 pm |
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| hey i know this is an old post but it kinda sums up how im feeling, been home about a month, was ok to start with as i was happy to catch up with friends and family. but now bored with same old, feel im going backwards towards getting stuck in a rut again, same job, same hobbies, nothing new.
how do i get out of this frame of mind, trying to do lots of exercise and being outdoors as i know tht usually lifts my mood but not working yet |
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| Posted: Fri Nov 6, 2009 10:42 am |
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| I tried planning loads of weekends away and different, exciting things to do but unfortunately my 6 months in oz just wasn't enough so i'm going back. I want to go everywhere though! Do you envisage yourself living in the area you grew up in for good? I think that's my problem, I don't. | |
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| Posted: Fri Nov 6, 2009 12:51 pm |
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| I've been getting major hang-ups about the old travelling lifestyle this week... and I've been back two years! Thing is I'm planning a massive trip for 2011, as a result of four years saving, so I'm at that horrible period where I'm halfway between the last big trip and the next big one, and two further years of waiting seems an awful long time.
Anyway, I've tried to cure the blues by bingeing on Amazon.co.uk and four good pieces of travel literature came through today, that should keep me amused enough as the dark winter days set in! |
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| Posted: Fri Nov 6, 2009 1:06 pm |
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| hey i am the same i am missing traveling soo much when i was away and nearing the end of my trip i was excited about being home but now that i am home, i relise i don't really want to be here and miss traveling way to much soooo after 3 months of bumming around working my ass off and speninding every penny of it going out and shopping , i have got my act together and have started paying of my 3000 pounds worth of debt and after just a couple weeks have paid off 600 pounds of it and as soon as the debts are paid of i will start saving for my new trip.
all i know is i want to be back in south america i just can't work out where or what i want to be doing there , just learn spanish properly this time maybe volunteer with street children and do alot more trekking but i just can't wait to get back there . so if you are missing it that much get back to work save your pennies and leave again
xxx |
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| Posted: Fri Nov 6, 2009 5:49 pm |
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| thanks im glad im not the only one feeling this way. already thinking of possible future trips.
spent the day with some friends today and they seemed to understand, which helps. |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 6:57 pm |
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| I only went away for a few months (cant imagine how hard it would be coming back after a year) and have now been back just as long so most of the depression has gone but its still hard.
Everything almost feels 'normal' again, went back to the same job, same place, yet I've still changed and I still hate the normailty of things and I just feel like Im wasting time back here (though I am saving for next year) I thought what would make it easier would be meeting up again with people I met, we talked about doing it, but so far, apart from a few facebook messages, we've all hardly talked. I guess some people slip back into normal life easier than others  |
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