How do you know if you have wanderlust?

So, how do you know if you’ve got the travel bug, the wanderlust, that itch you just gotta scratch? It’s not always a clear-cut thing, you know? Like, one minute you’re perfectly happy on the couch, the next you’re Googling flights to Iceland, even though your bank account is looking… well, let’s just say it’s not looking Icelandic.

I remember this one time, I was supposed to be focusing on this huge project at work, right? Deadlines looming, the whole nine yards. But all I could think about was that little cafe I’d seen in a photo, somewhere in Portugal, with those bright blue tiles and the smell of fresh bread wafting in the air. I spent hours that day daydreaming, completely unproductive, and that’s when I knew, huh, maybe I have a problem. A wonderful problem, yes, but a problem nonetheless!

Wanderlust, I think, shows itself in different ways. For me, it’s the constant restlessness. I get easily bored with routine – like, I can barely stand doing the same thing two days in a row. My friends say I’m impulsive. Maybe they’re right. Remember that time we booked those last-minute tickets to that music festival in the mountains? Totally spontaneous, totally amazing, and totally broke for a month afterwards! But hey, worth it.

Some people think it’s just about having been to a lot of places, which makes sense. But I think it’s more than just the number of stamps in your passport. It’s that deep-seated desire for something more, you know? A yearning for adventure, a craving for the unknown. It’s that feeling that home isn’t just where your stuff is. It’s the restless energy, that nagging feeling that there’s a whole world out there waiting to be explored. And maybe, just maybe, there’s something more to you out there too. There’s definitely no magic “wanderlust gene”, as far as I know, but if you’re constantly fantasizing about far-off lands, well… what else is there to say? Maybe it’s time to book that flight.

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