Wide Eyed Wanderer

So here I am at work, trying to work, but hell!..With December break around the corner that sure does not seem to be happening!..All i keep thinking of is NY!..The shopping, the partying and my friends!..

Lately, I have been very feeling very happy ..Generally just very happy!..No real reason..But I kinda realized that I should maybe move out of the whole cribbing thing I am soooo in love with and just start "living life" for what it has to offer..!.

When i think about my life for the last one year, I know that for most of the time ive really been with myself..Work always eluded me from meeting people and I was in so many different places that just as I was beginning to make friends I had to move out. So there, I started to wonder whether its only me who feels these pangs of "just letting go but are not able to" because of the newness of the new place !..Or are there others in the same boat too!?

Well, just to be set things straight..I love traveling..I cannot be in any one place for more than an year (MAX!). After that my restless mind would be pestering me to somehow change something about the way i live or move out. Maybe it is because of that nagging mind (Tis worse than my mom ..trust me !..) that I have been in 4 different places over the last three years!...And i loved every bit of the experience!

So i kinda thought let me walk through the phases of moving to a new place. In order to have unbiased views I am basing my observations on my experience and also some of the things that my friends also faced when they were taken out of their comfort zone and placed in a remote corner...And told "all righties..get ur act together"!..

So these phases:

Phase 1: Excitement & loneliness: Well, you are in a new placE!!!...So many new people, new things to eat, new sites to visit..It sure does get me all revved up!..But but but one problem here...Nobody to see it with..:D..
Then suddenly all things start paling out and you keep logging onto facebook, utter sweet musings endlessly on the phone and generally spend a lot of time with yourself pondering over how happy you were back home ;)!..State of depression prevails!.. Another thing about this phase is : You have drinks with urself :D!...

Phase 2: Getting used to the groove! Well, you are stuck to the place..So might as well start getting used to it..So what I do here is really socialize a lot..Talk to a lot of people..vn if they are not very friendly :D..And later on think..What a weirdo :D!..Get to know the routes (esp girls..we are sooo lost), call up long lost friends in that place and act as if you've been missing them for so long etc etc.
Apart from all this, there is other groove which I call as the "me" time..Best described with an example: I have this friend who is in a true sense very individualistic. You leave her alone in an island and she would still find tons of things to keep herself busy with. And i truly admire her for that!..Knowing how to have fun with yourself is truly very important. Heck, if you are one of the lone travelers like me this could serve as a blessing!..
So this friend, she would always engage herself with either running, listening to music, reading, cooking or just about anything random!..And she would really live it up in those times!..

Phase 3: Now this place is urs baby;)!..Now you pretty much know the things around..Getting to know people..Yeah! They may not be your type..But anyways something is better than nothing eh :D..Best phase!

And then, what happens after all this : Bam!..You have to move :D!...

Hee hee..Life's like that..It sure keeps you entertained all throughout.!...That's why I am in love with the concept of the "wide eyed wanderer"

So nyways just to quote a few "famous" people who also think like me!

“Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the essential things – air, sleep, dreams, the sea, the sky – all things tending towards the eternal or what we imagine of it.” – Cesare Pavese

“We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.” – Jawaharial Nehru

“A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.” – Tim Cahill

“Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.” – Seneca

“Without new experiences, something inside of us sleeps. The sleeper must awaken.” – Frank Herbert

Nyways!..Back to my work now!

Laterzz!..