Guys, I’m a 25 year old man (USA) who has finally found a decent career, an awesome girlfriend, and a relatively stable living situation. With that, I’m genuinely having an existential crisis. The more money I make, the more I spend, and the more I owe. I feel like I’m building a prison out of my own possessions. I am definitely resentful of this lifestyle.

I have been contemplating: what really is important in this life? What will make me a fulfilled human being as I exhale for the final time? I don’t believe it’s this… to work, to possess, to hold on to material things.

I want to buy a one way ticket to Europe with a backpack, some savings, and no plan. I want to see the earth - the cultures outside of my own. I want to experience life as a free traveler.

I have certain skills that I can take anywhere and make some money along the way.

The only thing that keeps me here is the love of my life. She’s amazing and she knows this struggle of mine. The other day she told me to go. She feels like I’m not living to my full potential and that my love for her is holding me back. The truth of that conversation broke my heart. She is incredible. I don’t want to leave her, but she’s committed to going to college and starting a long term career as a psychologist/therapist. She’s not interested in dropping all of that to explore the world. I understand. What I am speaking of is not an acceptable lifestyle for most.

I’m at a crossroad. One direction is continuing down this path of working and building something. The other is an adventure of a life time.

I am not a fool. I know the difficulties that would come. The suffering. And yet, it seems more appealing than this comfort I have collected.

I have wrote all of this in hopes to get your thoughts. Am I the only one who wishes to escape this ever worsening dystopia we live in? Unplug. Is my vision unrealistic and nothing more than a childlike dream? How much money is a realistic starting point for something like this? Like I said, I’ve got some sweet skills that I think I could find some work with - but I think I would like to head out with about $15,000. I would be living frugally and probably staying in hostels.

I’m very curious on your thoughts. If anyone else has an experience similar to what I’m sharing - please tell me about it!

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I'm taking my family on a road trip to the Pacific Northwest in March. We are flying to Seattle and driving down the Pacific Coast highway to the redwood forest. Looking for some fun ideas. I have 3 kids aged, 8, 13 and 15. I saw there was some zip lines in the redwoods but they are ages 10+ so our you gest couldnt go with.

I'm wondering what other adventures would be in the redwoods or along our journey. Thanks

Hello im 18 and very interested in doing outdoor activities such as hiking, camping, fishing etc. most of high school I have spent playing video games in my free time but I have developed a love for the outdoors recently. The problem is I don’t know how to get started with things that I mentioned above. If anyone could give me some advice on how to find places to go and things to do that would be great. This is also my first time using Reddit so pardon the unprofessionalism of this post lol.

Hi! Me and a few friends (4-5 ppl total) are planning a road trip from the East Coast (NJ) this summer (late June, early July) with an end destination of Utah. We're all either 17 or 18 and want to do something big before we go off to college (well, I've got another year but my friends don't). Right now, we're working through literally everything, so we're looking for advice. What works? What doesn't? For those who've done this, how did you travel? We're each going to pool about $1000 for the whole trip. We were thinking we'd rent an RV if we can find someone willing to rent to a couple of 18 y/os. If not, we'd go with whoever has the biggest car and jump from motel to motel.

Oh, I almost forgot... the end goal is to have a fucking blast and see as much of the natural US (mainly midwest) as we can, since we'll end up in cities and suburbs again soon enough. We want to visit the best national parks and all the hidden places most people don't know about.

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So while traveling Latin America, I went to this festival in El Salvador, where they literally shoot fireworks into the crowd for 4 hours straight. It was absolutely crazy, pretty dangerous but also incredibly fun, not gonna lie. I made a video from it, so if you want to see some real latino craziness, here it is

Insane Festival in El Salvador

Enjoy!