Absolutely Sheralyn, spot on.

Personally, I have come to believe that we all crave a bit of excitement and newness – if we stay put, we get that from little things like buying something new to decorate the house with, or buying new clothes, getting our nails done in a new colour/style, seeing pretty things grow in our garden (that usually cost money to purchase (seeds or plants and cost money to water) – but if we are, say, nomadic, we get that excitement and newness that we crave simply by moving on to a new destination.

And of course, there is also that social expectation that you touch on, to have a certain amount of things, lots of clothes so we don’t wear the same thing too often, a big enough house etc.

To be honest Tam, career was never important to me, I just went along with what other people thought should be important to me. I thought somehow I was mentally deficient for not wanting to gain promotions and prestige. Now my blog…that’s important and I work incredibly hard at it ( for nothing) but working in Pathology was beyond sucky, even when I was the boss, I wanted free time far more.