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Redefining Being Busy as a Full-Time Nomad
I have replaced the Busy Body’s old bad habits with experiences
My partner and I sold our house and all of our possessions back in 2017 and have been nomadic since. During this time, we have lived in parts of Central America, the Caribbean, Africa, Eastern Europe, and Turkey. We have also spent some chunks of time back in our home country of Canada, while continuing our nomadic lifestyle there.
Having been on the road for seven years, it’s almost impossible to remember the person I was before we made this life-changing decision. But one thing I remember for sure is that I was the epitome of someone who was always busy.
My go-to answer when anybody asked me how I was doing was, “I’m good, busy but good.”
I made every effort to not only please my own busy body that lived inside me and who judged me incessantly but to please society and everyone else, making sure that the world knew how busy I was. I didn’t feel valuable unless I was busy, productive, or just doing something. People who sat around and did nothing were wasting their lives — or so I thought.
