The Past 18 Months

By thewanderboy  |  Location: United States  |  07/08/09

*As seen on http://www.thewanderboy.com - with cool pics and links and stuff*

I wrote down a list of stuff I have done in the past 18 months as an exercise to help me cope with my insatiable wanderlust and lack of and, desire for, a moderately more stable existence.  Here we go:

Stuff I’ve done since January 2008

-Worked in central Florida on a reality show for 2 months
-Traveled to Puerto Rico
-Managed The Press Project @ The Big Air competition in Lake Placid, NY
-Gone bobsledding
-Worked on the movie Mall Cop
-Managed The Press Project @ Bonnaroo 2008
-Shot a commercial inside Gillette Stadium
-Worked on various commercial and film productions
-Attended the World Beer Festival in North Carolina
-Started the Wanderboy.com blog
-Lived in NYC for three weeks
-Lived and worked in Buenos Aires
-Traveled through Argentina & Uruguay
-Went boating through Iguazu Falls
-Went on a canopy zip-line tour in Iguazu
-Drank wine at the Mendoza Wine Festival
-Went on a private vineyard tour with an Ambassador to Ecuador
-Went canyoning in Bariloche
-Went white water rafting on the border of Chile
-Written a TV pilot
-Written half a feature film
-Drove to Wilmington, Charleston, Savannah and back
-Been in an All-Star Game ad with David Ortiz
-Worked on a reality show in Las Vegas for 6 weeks
-Traveled to LA
-Had the Hangover Experience weekend with all my old pals in New York City

I’m sure that I’m forgetting something.

I have been home from Vegas for a little over three weeks and am incredibly restless.  What the hell is wrong with me?  I should be so lucky out doing all that stuff and yet the minute I am done, I decompress for a few days and want more.   It’s probably because I’m not working at the moment.

Perhaps I need to get a real job and recalibrate myself for a while.  I only say that because how long can this all go on?  It is amazing and fun, but I am exhausted both mentally and physically.  Not having a permanent space can take a massive toll on one’s psyche.  I love living out of my car and jumping around, but at some point I think we all need a sense of normalcy and to be in one spot to figure out the next move.  I may be at that point.

Of course I say that now – who knows?  I guess that’s the beauty of being The Wanderboy.

I just joined MatadorTravel.com today.  That probably won't help:)

Peace.

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