I'm 22 and recently graduated and moved to the Bay Area. The biggest result of this has been the startling discovery that I am not alone in my INTP, generalist, whimsical, truth/beauty seeking-ness, there are others who find me legible, and have in turn, allowed me to start finding myself legible, whereas I previously was always LARPing the average of my friends and classmates. Frequently, the person I run into whom I feel this kind of coherence with is much older than me, and I am tempted to treat learning their life journey like peering into my possible futures. At the same time, I dimly know we are hopelessly cloistered beings, convergent at the surface maybe, but eventually, divergent whether by nature or nurture, and believing that I've found someone "just like me" begins to feel like a fundamentally naive and futile sentiment. I'm rambling. What I really wanted to say is, I haven't traveled much before, and I want to start now as I am taking initial steps along my own path, having moved away from the organization track, and the startup track. What you've built, where and how your path has taken you, is motivation and inspiration for me. Thank you.
I would love to travel more. Although my wife is more of a homebody, the bigger constraint is the current political clime in the US (we’re Green card holders originally from Africa - but one can never be too careful with the current commander in chief). That said, Venkat, I think you should try some places in Africa - Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, Egypt, South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria all have nice spots that you might find intellectually stimulating.
I went from having a predictable lifestyle and a corporate job to consulting and a massive change in lifestyle that came with moving countries and having kids at an older age. With the kids my home life has become somewhat regimented.
But I have also traveled a lot (including 3-4 trips to an India a year - aging parents, work ..).
I find the trips and the change in routine to typically be a trigger for more brainstorming and out of the box thinking. India, in particular, makes me prone to more lateral thinking. Maybe it’s exercises different pathways..
I recently came to similar conclusions after holiday travel to see family in December. I haven't been anywhere since then and it's in many ways been the best 5-6 months psychologically and creatively in a long time for me. Traveling a lot felt like something I was supposed to be doing, but it turns out right now I just want to be in my hometown attending to my work and my hobbies, which mostly happens to be things I have to do in person here in my town. Good luck with making the extended time at home happen, with aging parents you're kind of a passenger for now though, which is also the same for me.
I'm 39 and been able to see how much I have moved away from the nomadic promise I made to myself. My nomadic promise was more to do with minimalism. But once I got married and had a child, it slowly became maximalist -including buying a house and now gearing up to celebrate my son's seventh birthday. I do occasionalll nomadic détours when I travel for work. I need to increase my randomness in this regard.
I'd say tinkerers need space to make stuff, or take stuff apart. That is fundamentally anti-nomadic. If your creations are mental (words, software, etc.) then nomadic can be pleasant for its novelty and stimulation.
Solo traveling is too hard for me. I can’t and don’t trust myself to be very useful or interesting.
I only feel useful and interesting in the reflection of others.
That’s kinda sad too.
My wife is like you. She mostly likes her creature comforts but also comes alive when she is traveling with me.
In that sense she’s more of a cat person with occasional zoomies.
I default to solo zoominess with occasional periods of rest and retrospective and I like retro-sparring with others.
For a few years, a small group of college friends have been doing something called Old Man Olympics.
Think Mountainhead but for normies.
We microdose on debauchery and larp the shitty Indian uncles we are destined to become.
It offers enough of a vibe reset.
I'm 22 and recently graduated and moved to the Bay Area. The biggest result of this has been the startling discovery that I am not alone in my INTP, generalist, whimsical, truth/beauty seeking-ness, there are others who find me legible, and have in turn, allowed me to start finding myself legible, whereas I previously was always LARPing the average of my friends and classmates. Frequently, the person I run into whom I feel this kind of coherence with is much older than me, and I am tempted to treat learning their life journey like peering into my possible futures. At the same time, I dimly know we are hopelessly cloistered beings, convergent at the surface maybe, but eventually, divergent whether by nature or nurture, and believing that I've found someone "just like me" begins to feel like a fundamentally naive and futile sentiment. I'm rambling. What I really wanted to say is, I haven't traveled much before, and I want to start now as I am taking initial steps along my own path, having moved away from the organization track, and the startup track. What you've built, where and how your path has taken you, is motivation and inspiration for me. Thank you.
I would love to travel more. Although my wife is more of a homebody, the bigger constraint is the current political clime in the US (we’re Green card holders originally from Africa - but one can never be too careful with the current commander in chief). That said, Venkat, I think you should try some places in Africa - Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, Egypt, South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria all have nice spots that you might find intellectually stimulating.
I went from having a predictable lifestyle and a corporate job to consulting and a massive change in lifestyle that came with moving countries and having kids at an older age. With the kids my home life has become somewhat regimented.
But I have also traveled a lot (including 3-4 trips to an India a year - aging parents, work ..).
I find the trips and the change in routine to typically be a trigger for more brainstorming and out of the box thinking. India, in particular, makes me prone to more lateral thinking. Maybe it’s exercises different pathways..
I recently came to similar conclusions after holiday travel to see family in December. I haven't been anywhere since then and it's in many ways been the best 5-6 months psychologically and creatively in a long time for me. Traveling a lot felt like something I was supposed to be doing, but it turns out right now I just want to be in my hometown attending to my work and my hobbies, which mostly happens to be things I have to do in person here in my town. Good luck with making the extended time at home happen, with aging parents you're kind of a passenger for now though, which is also the same for me.
I'm 39 and been able to see how much I have moved away from the nomadic promise I made to myself. My nomadic promise was more to do with minimalism. But once I got married and had a child, it slowly became maximalist -including buying a house and now gearing up to celebrate my son's seventh birthday. I do occasionalll nomadic détours when I travel for work. I need to increase my randomness in this regard.
I'd say tinkerers need space to make stuff, or take stuff apart. That is fundamentally anti-nomadic. If your creations are mental (words, software, etc.) then nomadic can be pleasant for its novelty and stimulation.
Speaking from experience, I would recommend a tiny house on the rooftop of a large commercial space(library).