Comments on: Travel Quotes: Rich

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 02:20:52 +0000

In reply to Rithy. Thanks Rithy :)

By: Rithy

Rithy — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:56:11 +0000

This is very nice blog. Love it.

By: Apple Country Resorts

Apple Country Resorts — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:27:02 +0000

Very nice blog. Really liked it. Keep posting.

By: Alex in Wanderland | Travel Blog | On Envy & Consumerism & Sunglasses

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 12:31:18 +0000

[…] was a comment in a my recent quotes post that really got me thinking. I wrote in that post: I have always […]

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 14:48:43 +0000

In reply to Spencer Spellman. Ha, I'm sure the salesman loved that. I actually say things like that to myself constantly when I am struggling over a purchase. Even something like a t-shirt can buy a night on the beach in a bungalow in Thailand!

By: Spencer Spellman

Spencer Spellman — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 06:40:22 +0000

Really dig the idea behind this with the travel quotes since its things like this that I enjoy musing about so much on my own blog. I find myself in the same position. I traveled for nearly a year in 2010/2011 and am now on month 1 of a four month trip. It feels like a constant wrestling match of buying things that I feel like I’m supposed to as a 29 year old adult, versus investing in travel experiences. I remember when I first moved to San Francisco last year and bought my first piece of furniture, I said to the salesman: “That’s a round-trip ticket to Belize.”

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 23:58:38 +0000

In reply to Sam.

Very interesting point you make here about growing up, as I call it, “comfortable” and then choosing a much less secure path. I definitely have had minor freak outs when I realize that there is a .004% chance that I will ever own a home comparable to the one I was raised in, with the lifestyle I am currently leading. But priorities are called priorities for a reason, and I really don’t think we as humans are meant to “have it all”…. the things we choose to prioritize in life taste so much sweeter because we know how much we have given up just to have them.

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 00:45:42 +0000

I love this post! I agree completely, and to be honest, I think if anything, coming from a ‘well off’ family encourages a person to stay home and strive toward financial security, so I am on your side when you say that occasional trips with your family do not facilitate of your current (commendable) lifestyle. Travel is only a luxury when you look at it at an ‘all expenses tour’ ‘souvenir shop’ ‘seven day getaway’ sort of way. Making a life goal of exploring the world slowly and carefully is a way of life which is only a luxury if you make mediocre things like material goods your first priority. I think that people like ‘Steven Houser’ just don’t realise that.

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 00:32:23 +0000

In reply to LozinTransit. What a beautiful and insightful comment, thank you! It's true, wanderlust never wanes, just as the desire for "fashionable" possessions never does!

By: LozinTransit

LozinTransit — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:58:52 +0000

I think most things we desire and buy are knowledge and feelings. Material possessions buy us that too – status, confidence, attractiveness. But these things can go out of fashion and we discard them. Ultimately all feelings are fleeting and we need to replenish it, to keep it in season. We do that with travel too, we want to hit the road again just like we want to keep up with the latest trend.

The experiential is lasting because it seeps into our bones. It can never truly be taken away from us.