I recently watched Into The Wild for the first time tonight and it brought about some certain questions that have been in the back of my mind for a while now, mainly being; is this it?

I want to get out there, I want to see things before I settle down and make a life for myself.  How though?  I can’t very well just give up all of my possessions and walk out the door, I don’t have time for that.  I have to finish college and then start a career right?  That’s what they all tell me but who are they to talk to about it.  Listening to them is what creates the zombie like creatures we call civilized humans these days.  I want to do something with my life before I have to settle.  I want to someday be able to tell my children the crazy stories about the experiences I had in my youth.  I wish I could just pack all my stuff into one backpack and travel for a while without caring where I am going to sleep or how I am going to eat.  You need to have money to do anything in this world.  I couldn’t get to the end of town without having a few dollars (actually many dollars) and a plan let alone trying to get across country.  Even hitchhiking is out of the question with all the creeps and weirdos that would actually pick someone up off the street.

Where do i go from here? Probably just sit at home and wonder what it is like out there until I earn enough money to be able to travel.  But even then I wouldn’t be really traveling, I would just be another tourist that sees what they want me to see and not the actual stuff that is happening in the world.

Is this It?  For now, yes. But I’m not going to live my entire life as a tourist.