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33 Things People With Wanderlust Understand

Travel is life.

Rachel Carroll
Sep 19, 2016
University of Maryland College Park
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33 Things People With Wanderlust Understand

1. When you hear strangers talking about travel you want to join the conversation


2. Your list of places to go keeps growing and growing


3. And it's hard to pick just one place to go


4. You are always broke because you're saving up for your next big trip


6. You have a legitimate obsession with maps


6. Your wish list includes backpacks, Nalgenes, quick dry clothes, and hiking boots


7. You wish you could put skills like "knows how to pick a good hostel" and "packs a suitcase really well" on your resume


8. You've considered dropping out of school to travel the world


9. You look for any excuse to travel, whether it's study abroad, volunteering, or work


10. Your Instagram is straight fire


11. Robert William Service's poem The Wanderlust is your anthem


12. You've done unspeakable things in the name of travel


13. Like skipping showers and surviving on peanut butter sandwiches for weeks on end


14. Planning trips is one of your favorite hobbies


15. You know what it's like to travel solo


16. But you also know how much fun it is to have an adventure buddy


17. You have a "go bag" ready so you can leave in a moment's notice


18. You can't stand people who take forever in the airport security line


19. Everyone knows you as the "adventure friend"


20. One day, you hope that you have to request additional pages for your passport


21. Your most prized possession is your scratch off map


22. Baggage claim is the bane of your existence


23. So can't stand people who over-pack


24. You start planning your next adventure before you get home from your current one


25. You live by the Rules of Expedition Behavior


26. You could recite the flight security speech by heart


27. You have considered naming your future children after great explorers


28. You have entire playlists dedicated to travel


29. "Pack light, go far" is your motto


30. You have an unreasonable amount of locations saved in your weather app


31. And you have friends all over the world


32. Which means you have free places to stay wherever you go


33. And best of all, everywhere feels like home



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