My dad always asks what I'm running away from with my travels. A few weeks ago, a commenter told me to stop running away and live life. And I once came across a blog called "Mom says I'm running away."
The general opinion is that travelling is something everyone should do—that gap years after college and short vacations are acceptable. But for those of us who lead nomadic lifestyles, or who linger just a bit too long somewhere before reaching that final homestretch, we are accused of running away.

Yes, travel—but just not for too long.

People assume that we are simply running away from our problems, running away from "the real world." People who travel the world aren't running away from life. Just the opposite. Those that break the mold, explore the world, and live on their own terms are running toward true living, in my opinion. We have a degree of freedom a lot of people will never experience. We get to be the captains of our ships. But it is a freedom we chose to have. We looked around and said, "I want something different." It was that freedom and attitude I saw in travellers years ago that inspired me to do what I am doing now. I saw them break the mold and I thought to myself, "Why not me too?"

I'm not running away !

I am running towards the world and my idea of life.