Backpacking.. can you do that?
June 4th, 2009 | by jys |Whenever I heard or read about someone going backpacking for several months, I will asked myself, can I do that? Can I take 2 months off, 2 months unpaid leave to go backpacking? Or better still, can I resign from my work and go backpacking for a few months? Or, will my family let me leave everything behind and go backpacking for a few months?
The answer is, NO, NO, and NO. Even If I’m rich enough, can resigned from my work, I think my family will not let me go backpacking for a few months too. They probably will start lecturing me, telling me this is a wrong decision, a wrong thing to do and I’m wasting my time.
I envied people that can leave everything behind and go backpacking and when they returned, they will have a fresh start, looking for a new job and etc. I think I will never have a chance to do that. What about you? Do you think you can leave everything behind and go backpacking, then start all over again when you returned?
Tags: backpacking, Travel
5 Responses to “Backpacking.. can you do that?”
By Jason on Jun 4, 2009 | Reply
No risk no gain.
Jys:
well well… in a way.. yes….
By Robin on Jun 4, 2009 | Reply
I often dream of escaping for 5 or 6 months to hike the Appalachian Trail from George to Maine.
Short answer – not going to happen any time soon. It’s not so much the money as the responsibilities of family – my children. Once they are older it may actually happen.
Most of the people I know of who have done it are either right out of school or retired from public service (early retired about 50 years old) from teaching, fire dept, etc.
I make up for it by doing short trips and reading about it.
No big deal.
robin
BackpackBaseCamp .com
Jys:
doing short trips and reading about it? haha, i’m doing the same thing as well!!
By Dan on Jun 5, 2009 | Reply
It will make you a better person – get a better job in the long run and so on
Jys:
seriously? get a better job after backpacking? why said so?
By mknace on Jun 6, 2009 | Reply
Jys:
ya, when we can’t take a few months off, few days also better than nothing.
By disturbedmind on Jun 6, 2009 | Reply
i wish i can do tat too…just resign, and go backpacking for a year. no need to bother about anything. but cannot. coz got car and house to pay for…and also insurance.
my friend did it. she’s in the UK for 2 years….so jealous
Jys:
ya, sometimes I wonder, these ppl no commitments meh? They too have commitments mar.. maybe they know how to let go.. or they know how to plan things ahead?