So I’m not sure if this is age related or not. I’m a 21 year old male, maybe you could share your age as well.
So basically for a long time (probably my whole life) I had this deep longing/fantasy to live at a different place than the one I’m living right now. As if I don’t belong where I’m from and need to be somewhere else to truly feel home. I’m from northern Germany and always had the deep desire of traveling places.
When me and my family went on vacation when I was a kid for example when we flew to Egypt it felt like a wonderful dream as if I was in heaven or something. I just love when I’m in totally different environments like coming from the cold Germany into a tropically warm climate, in a country that is very different, with very different culture and mentality in this beautiful and gigantic hotel resort.
Idk how to describe it but it’s like my core desire got fulfilled.
I never felt home here in Germany and my deep desire always was to live somewhere else where there is a very different culture and environment.
A significant amount of time I always wanted to go to America. I’ve never been there so far unfortunately.
But I always had this feeling that I didn’t felt right where I’m from and was always searching for this place where I can feel home, where it’s wholesome and I feel freed from all worries, where I have deep/meaningful connections and can fully live in joy and embrace every little moment of live in this deeply joyful way like living like a child again.
I assume a lot of this is probably just some psychological phenomenon that is inducing a fake/unreal fantasy. I assume even if I could move to some other country I might not feel as joyful like when I was a kid and even if I do, at some point it might not feel special anymore and it might not be like I hoped.
So maybe this is just this classic “the grass seems always greener on the other side” thing and in reality it might not be like that.
But I wonder does any of you also have this deep inner fantasy of living in a different place/culture where it kinda feels magical to live and you have ultimate happiness? It might be something unrealistic or a place that doesn’t exist but it’s like a deep feeling in me and I wonder if others also have it. Maybe it goes deeper and it is this “leftover” from childhood that I remember and that I’m longing for? Maybe it’s a fantasy of being a kid again?
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In my early and mid 20’s I often wanted to move somewhere far far away. Everything would be better at place X, and everything would be so wonderful.
So I did.
I learned that unless you’re haunted by specific people and cultures, you’re likely to be haunted elsewhere too. Because you can move away from a lot of things, but you can never move away from yourself. It took me three countries, six cities, and two years to realize that.
tropically warm climate
Well, if you’re an EU resident, you’ve the right to live anywhere in the EU. There are certainly hot and dry places in the EU. Probably wet too – I dunno about the Canary Islands, but I’d guess that French Guiana would fit the bill.
checks Wikipedia
Yeah.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Guiana
Looks like part of it is tropical rainforest climate, and part of it is tropical monsoon climate.
Sounds like the Canary Islands are borderline:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary_Islands
This is due to their beaches, subtropical climate, and important natural attractions…
The islands have warm summers and winters warm enough for the climate to be technically tropical at sea level.[
Yes, but for me it is Victoria, Australia. I think the temperature in the summer would still be too much for me though, since temperatures have been known to exceed 40°C… 🫠
There’s a massive difference between traveling somewhere for a holiday and actually living there. Also, most holidays cost a lot more and offer a lot more than day-to-day, and unless you’ve got money to throw around and don’t need to work anyway, you’ll also have a lot less free time wherever you are.
