This is not really advice, giving or seeking, but feel free to discuss 
Ms Positive over here (moi) has had some challenges this past year and I seriously have considered “planting myself” somewhere just saying it, writing it feels unnatural. ( I do have dual residency)
It is something that really makes me feel sad but even after all the poo and reading some of the great stuff lately, (yes I muted a lot of threads 
) I believe I will carry on.
So thank you.
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What a lovely post. You are an inspiration on this forum.
How do you mute a thread?
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Mate, every single time I go home, saying “that was my last time away”, I am home for like a week and groundhog day begins. That’s when I start planning to go again So off I go again, then about six months in, I get the old “it’s time to settle down and stop travelling” thoughts in my head. Doing it again now but I know it’s never going to happen, at least any time soon. I don’t know that it IS possible to “settle” after doing what we do, but I know the time is coming where I will have to. The sad reality is that I believe life leads us to our final destination at some point and we know when that time has come, it just hits us like a bomb. Don’t rush it, you will know when it’s time, you just know 
And to once again quote one of my favourite sayings:-
“Once the travel bug bites, there is no known antidote, and I know I shall be happily infected until the end of my life”
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My mum’s saying was ‘some are born with roots and some with wings’. I think many of the ‘full timers’ on here fall into the latter category (for more than one reason) 
especially you guys, keep flying @Amparo @ziggy such an inspiration. When I toy with the idea of giving up our wee bolthole and going full, full-time I look to what you both do as solo travellers and know it is possible for us to do as a couple.
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Love love your Mum’s saying @Shannon. And hey, If you believe in yourself, anything is possible
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You certainly have had some challenges @Amparo & I’m not surprised you’ve felt like that. I too occasionally think “what am I doing? I need to settle down again” and it can be quite lonely. However the thought of settling down and getting a routine is scary!
As long as you connect with family & friends now & then, keep going! We’re a long time dead……
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I love your mum’s saying too. When we had a meet-up a few years ago in London @Amparo arrived with her wings!
But if I can give you some advice it would be to not give up your bolthole if you do this full time. I’m full time but rent out my home. I know @ziggy has an apartment too
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My mum is of the wings variety. At 18 she joined the army, met & married my dad and she followed wherever he was sent for 20 years. When my dad retired at 60 they sold up everything, bought a motorhome and spent 5 years travelling Europe, Canada and the US. When they came back to the UK they pet sat for an agency for a while (before the days of THS).
Eventually they decided they needed to settle down. My mum turned up at a council offices in England and asked to be housed as she was a ‘protected minority’. The lady on the desk looked at her puzzled - my mum is a rather well heeled woman with a ‘polite’ Edinburgh accent. She said I am a Scottish traveller, with a wink and a broad smile and then explained the situation that they were living in a motorhome and had been travelling for 5 years. The woman on the desk had a great sense of humour and laughed. Then gave them a place to live. To be fair I think the fact they were veterans probably had more sway but my mum loves her version of events.
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Great thing is, nothing is static and you can choose variations that suit you as your preferences or needs allow and evolve. You could change your mind and change it again as often as you can manage.
I had a nomadic streak growing up. I imagined that my dolls lived in an RV (actually a shoebox). That was even though it took only 2.5 hours to circle our entire tropical island by car and no one had RVs there.
Days after college grad in the U.S. mainland, I embarked on a career that allowed me to live and work all over the country and abroad, with employers paying to move me. We moved easily a dozen times for career changes, and in total well over 20 times. My husband and I’ve explored various parts of the country and world on extended timelines.
Decades later, I switched careers. Within five years, I’d convinced my CEO-boss to let me become our first remote executive leader. I’ve been able to land other great remote jobs since. That allows me to travel as I please.
I also love nesting in cushy homes with lush outdoor space, so I don’t see becoming nomadic. I did buy an RV, though, after road tripping over decades. I named it “Shoebox,” a nod to my imaginary childhood adventures. It’s equipped with satellite internet, so I can telecommute for as long as I want. I could even drive it from sit to sit if I wanted to, but I haven’t (yet).
I follow various RV’ers on social media and some of them ship their RVs, spending extended time road tripping across continents. It’s cheaper than renting when you do more than say a few weeks of road-tripping. I might consider that down the line.
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Also love your mum’s saying @Shannon 
We have roots as our back up & our wings on a daily basis. Keeping a place rented out is the perfect scenario, so if you can, do that. As for the rest, the world’s your oyster 
(or perhaps cuttlefish 
) #givemewings
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