darien_gap explains The Curse of the Traveler

Ohh man, this is a familiar feeling. For years I traveled all over the world. It defined me; it's who I was. The past year and a half I have been mostly working from home. I go stir crazy sometimes! I'm not walking across the Charles Bridge in Prague. I'm not jet boating in Sydney harbor. I'm not partying at a mansion in Johannesburg. I'm waking up, going to my desk, working for a while, then maybe going out around town. However, I have a long term girlfriend now, which I never would have been able to have traveling. I also don't have a commute, and don't have to constantly be missing birthdays, weddings, parties, etc. But my brain does not know how to handle being in the same place all the time. It's hard to explain to those that have never experienced it. They don't understand how I can close my eyes and remember drinking a beer on a cliff above the clouds in the alps, or being kidnapped in Singapore by a taxi driver, or being swindled by mobsters in Budapest, or the thousands of different memories that define me as a person. Sometimes my brain cannot even handle it! Good thing I am heading to Istanbul on Friday. I need to get my fix again...