Stay in home state, move interstate or travel?

[chilblands]

Anyone else just wonder what is next?

Should one buy a house in home state, or move state or spend the money to travel?
Maybe a working visa.
New city new me?
Or nah I can not afford to move?

Your marital status would matter a lot, or your current job commitment and needs. If you want to move, what is stopping you?

[beetledragon3869]

I'm having the same questions. I can't afford to move, but simultaneously, I really don't want to be stuck in my hometown forever... I'd really like to travel, see different parts of the world, but I don't know how feasible that is right now due to personal location-based responsibilities.

If it helps any, and if you're interested in more short-term travel, I know there are different programs out there with au pair-like programs where people will house and pay travelers in exchange for work. Workaway comes to mind, you can find hosts that will help you travel in exchange for different types of work.

[Melooon]

I cant answer your poll directly, but this is a subject that's been on my mind a lot recently and it might be of use to someone thinking about the same things:

I traveled a lot when I was in my 20s, I lived in a new city almost every year, and I did a bunch of touristing too. I traveled enough to learn that although I enjoy travel, after a while it was no longer fulfilling to me. That is to say, travel is great for opening your mind and making you a fuller person, but for most people there is a limit to what it can offer you.

These days I find myself back in my home city (not somewhere I ever planned to be), and I still feel the pull of wanting to move, but I also know it's not really what I need now. Some part of me is ashamed of that. I feel shame to be in my home city, and I feel shame to have stayed in the same place for almost 4 years now instead of moving on - but those feelings are dead-ends; staying still has given me time to build big projects like MelonLand and to make friends and explore things that I could never have done while on the move. I'd still be happy to move now, but only if I had a reason or a purpose that helped me expand the life I've already started building; the act of moving is no longer going to do that on its own.

The deeper question is; what does it mean to live a full and happy life? Travel and moving can play an important part in having one, but it can also be toxic to it. No matter where you travel to, you'll still be the same person you were back home; but pieces of the places you visit do stick to you, and they enhance you and give you ideas to help you construct a bigger life for yourself. I think traveling when your young is ideal, but it can happen later in life too.

Living a full life is really about a mix of learning, building, creation and giving; moving and staying still are just acts that can help you do those things; but you have to figure out what things you want to work on and what you've done enough of for the time being