I am not sure why I am so interested in living a nomadic lifestyle. I grew up in a house that I lived in for at least 20 years and while everyone was backpacking through Europe I was here in Canada working. One thing that I think got me started with this idea was that I spent a few months in Australia between jobs and the people that I met were all going off to different places, Vietnam, Japan, Thailand and Europe.
I moved to Calgary about 10 years ago and since then I have moved several times within the city but that is more of a poverty issue than being nomadic. I have even gone so far as to see if I could get work in the states or in some other company.
So here is where I get to define nomadic from a North American point of view, well at least my point of view anyway.
I think the greatest way to live would be to travel to a different country or at least a new geographic region and then move again each year on a defined date and then work, live and integrate with the people that live in that area. I think absorbing and integrating are the most important parts of this lifestyle as we see people all of the time that move to another country and then live among their fellow countrymen…..how is this any different than living at home.
The one part of this world view that I am missing is the language barrier. At this point I only speak English and I have not worked nearly hard enough to learn another language or tow. So I fear that as I try to integrate I will have trouble with relating to the people in the new lands as they will always see me as a foreigner that does not speak the language.
I do have a couple of things that hold me back. Money, which I will deal with in another post. And another thing that holds me back is family. My wife would be a little nervous about moving all of the time but she is itching to move as well. My concern is with my three year old son and six year old daughter and how as much as this would be a great learning experience I myself never had to leave a school even once because of a family move and in their case I would need to move them always to conform with the lifestyle, probably even home school the kids.
Comments? Ideas?
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