I have dealt with wanderlust my entire life. If you don't know what wanderlust is dictionary.com describes it as a "strong, innate desire to rove or travel about." It's a need to travel that is never satisfied. But sadly, as a full-time student, it is really hard to be traveling all the time. Studying abroad really helped with that, but as I'm sitting here in my apartment, I wish I could be anywhere else. I love where I live, I really do, but I just need change. Staying in one place for too long is like torture to me.

The list of places I need to visit keeps expanding. All it takes is seeing one picture and then I imagine myself there. I want to go to Egypt. I want to go to Hawaii. I want to go everywhere. I want to see the entire world. I don't want to leave one stone unturned or one mountain unclimbed. Yes, I know that is an almost impossible goal. But I really don't care. I'm going to do it.

It has gotten to the point where my entire paycheck goes to travel plans instead of food. This is not even a joke. I'm going on a trip later this month, and I've gone three weeks without grocery shopping because I had to buy plane tickets. This is very important and no one could tell me different. A two-week trip to Los Angeles, California in the middle of the semester is a really good idea.

And I can't just have one trip lined up, I apparently need three. I have a trip to Boston, Massachusetts in February, a trip to Disney World in March and I'm now trying to figure out when I can go back to Austin, Texas. Some people collect coins, stamps or rocks, but I collect cities and countries.

Many people find traveling stressful or scary, but to me it is the only time I truly feel relaxed. Sure, there are stressful moments during travel, but there are so many more breathtaking moments that outweigh the bad. There is nothing like being in a new place and just standing there and soaking it all in. Breathing in the air is therapeutic. I get it—planes can be scary, but when I'm on a plane I feel safe. I know that by the end of the flight I'll be somewhere new and exciting.

But I have a feeling this wanderlust will never go away. No matter how much I travel it never subsides, it is just as strong even now. But traveling is expensive. And on a student budget it's hard to go abroad, but I guess I'll just have to be happy with going on my smaller trips for now.

Wanderlust is both a blessing and a curse. But now I've got to get back to obsessively checking my Disneyland wait times app and looking up Instagram-worthy restaurants in Los Angeles.