Desire to go far away and then feel homesick
I wonder that how people can travel such a long time without feelling homesick. There are a lot of people who have travelled around the world and haven’t gone back home for years. But why I have been traveling for 2 months now and I already feel that I am starting to get quite homesick.
When I was preparing for my trip, I counted down every single day as if I could not wait any more to go. I felt excited when staying abroad for a while and after about weeks, I could not enjoy completely my trip I started thinking “I miss Vietnam, I want to go back. Huhu”. Seriously? I keep asking myself why I change constantly like that? When I’m at home, I want to go far away, when I’m already far away, I feel homesick.
It is not only because of people I miss (my family, my friends,...), but also the food and other stuff as well (my mom’s cooking, some places in hometown I often had fun with friends, even the atmosphere,...). The more unfamiliar new countries are, the more homesick I feel.
Get rid of homesickness
I call everybody at home everyday when I am travelling (this is not a normal thing with me. When I was in Vietnam, even I worked far away from my hometown, I dont tend to call mom and dad, but now I call them everyday). Initially there are many things to talk about like what did I do, what places I have visited and of course what specials did we eat, so on. Even though when we run out the topic, I still call them every 10 am just to listen to them. They are a big part of “home”. Talking to them and seeing them make me almost “at home”.
When I was going to start my journey, my friend who had ton of traveling esperiences told me that “prepare to be uncomfortable”. Now I understand what he said.
I try to enjoy every minute that I am away. And this trip undoubtedly is the best experience ever.
Just remember that I will be going home soon, and that my home will still be there for me when I get back. Maybe when I get back home I’m more than likely going to feel “homesick” about the places I have just left behind.
We are torn between a nostalgia for the familiar and an urge for the foreign and strange.
—Carson McCullers—
It's always great to get away, to go out on a journey and to have an adventure.
At the same time, it's also great to get back home, to the comfortable life that home offers and to the pleasure of being with family and friends.
Of course, "the grass is always greener on the other side." So, when we're stuck at home, we might want to escape, and when we're travelling around, we might just want to retreat into our safety zone.
Wherever we are, and wherever we go, we should consider ourselves very lucky that we can go –– go away and go back.
Whenever I read your comment. I just want to edit my post. Haha. Your comment is even better than the post above. Always. lol.
Thank you. I learn 1 more idiom “the grass is always greener on the other side”. :))
Maybe calling home everyday doesn't help @hanggggbeeee. It sounds like you've always got half a thought at home like you haven't fully left.
Sometimes I think being able to be in contact with home so easily makes travelling less fun than it used to be, or maybe I'm just old! 😂
I just remember, when I was trying, before the days of the internet it was soooooo exciting arriving at a new place and picking up letters from home at the local post office. 😊
Haha. I am still childish so I cannot bear if I totally disconnect with home.
You make me think about that time. But I wonder more about how they could deal with every problem of languages, map,... without google translation and gg map. Haha. It must be really exciting when exploring the world by their own self, not depend on any kind of technology.
That's an interesting point @hangggggbeeee. When I backpacked around the world there was no technology at all. No smart phones and not internet.
We always seemed to manage without translation though. Hand gesticulations and maybe drawing or pointing at paper maps. I don't remember it was ever an issue.
We also relied on books such as the Lonely Plant and Rough Guides but most of all we share information with other backpackers and learned that way.
Wishing you a fun week wherever you are! 😊
Yaa I also like travel.
Travel is awesome
Is it already 2 months past ?
Time flows fast :D
Almost. Hahaa. Exactly is 1 month and half.
Nên chuyển nơi khác đi mà về cho sớm.:)))
Sắp rồi :))
Vẫn chưa chịu về??? 🤨
15 ngày nữa về :))
I just came back from a month long vacation in HK, Macau, and Taiwan. It's fun at first but slowly, the inconveniences build up. Because of being out and about all the time, meeting friends, sight seeing, and sometimes working from coffee shops, that when i'm back at my AirBnb, it's literally to shower, sleep, and get rid of trash in my backpack and pockets. This results in making the AirBnb very cramped and dirty. Just when the AirBnb gets unbearably dirty, i'm off to the next city.
At the end of the trip, I was excited to come back to my own space with clean desk, clean apartment, and spacious room. Then after a few days, you realize you're not on vacation anymore and wish you were back traveling.