Life After Backpacking: 5 Tips for Settling Down But Still Daydreaming [Flashback]
by Mike Richard
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One year ago today, Amanda Kendle discussed why there comes a time in the life of many backpackers when they have to put the pack down and do a bit of settling:
I know there’ll be some of you out there who argue with this, but for the vast majority of people they do decide that settling down a little – getting a mortgage, perhaps having children – is something they want to do, and they’re prepared to give up the globetrotting, wandering life they’ve got used to in exchange for their new priorities.
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I’ve learned a bunch of ways to deal with the settling down phase and learn that a life led not constantly on the road is alright too.
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Vagabondish editor, Mike Richard, lives in Rhode Island - a spit of land in the northeastern U.S. He is a professional web designer and travel junkie with an unhealthy addiction to backpacking, camping, hiking and seeing the world. He enjoys knit hats, small, declarative sentences and speaking in the third person.
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