As we look for a rental and talk about “normal” life. Our hearts are longing to continue our travelling journal. It just feels weird and almost wrong to think that we will be in one spot for along time.Our heart strings are being pulled in all different directions and none of them feel right, except the one that is pulling towards travelling. 

We just feel as though we aren’t finished yet. There is just so much to still see in our beautiful country. 

Is this normal? I know lots of travelling families feel like this. Does the feeling go away? Or do you just suppress, ignore the feeling and hope it goes away? How do we go back to a “normal” life? 

We love the freedom that comes with living in a van. If things don’t work out you just move on to the next place. The freedom to just say stuff it we’ve had enough let’s go somewhere new. Settling down means we can no longer do that. We have to just put up with it and make it work. I just don’t know how we’ll go with doing that. 
   
 It makes me second guess everything we have been raised to believe, everything we are taught. What is “normal” life? Who says that is “normal”? Is your “normal” meant to be my “normal”? Why do people judge your “success” in life by the possessions we have? Why don’t people judge your success by your experiences? Or how happy you are? 

Who said we need all those things in our life? Doesn’t that just add more stress and pressure to your life therefore less happiness and your time? 

Who said that the boys have to fit into the box to have a “normal” life? Does it really matter how smart they and if they are meeting milestones right now? Or is it more important for them to learn at their own pace and learn what they love so they want to keep learning? Isn’t it more important for them to have life skills that they’ll actually use every minute of the day rather than stuff they’ll never get their heads around and never actually use again once they have completed schooling. And in the mean time someone picks on them for being “dumb” and destroys their self confidence and self worth. 

Maybe communication skills are the most important thing for a kid to learn, solving conflict, learning to respect friends and their values, learning how to handle different situations and different moods. And there is no better classroom for learning this then the gypsy lifestyle. As a parent/homeschooler I am most proud of my boys when I see them talking to all sorts of different people. When I see them including everyone in camp ground/caravan park. When they know no barriers or lack self confidence they see a kid of any age, any sex, any race and they strike up a conversation and they are instant friends. This is a skill that gypsy kids have. You can pick them when travelling. In “normal” society we influence them and they inherit our anxiety’s and don’t take the risk because of rejection. No one likes being rejected. But gypsy kids just want someone to play with so they’ll play with anyone, there is no rejection there is just friendship of some sort.

  
Got a bit off track, so back to my thoughts. 

What is “normal”? Is my “normal” allowed to be different to yours? Is my “normal” wrong or is yours? Is there a right or wrong way to live life? Does any of it really matter, as long as we are all happy and living our best life? 

I do worry about EVERYTHING, if we are screwing up our boys by living this way. But I’m sure I’d be worrying all the same if we were living a “normal” life too. So long as they know we love them and we always have their best interest at heart and we will always be here for them. Does the rest really matter?   

 To settle and join the rat race again or to top up our funds and continue to travel maybe forever? That is our big decision. Our big uncertainty. 

The gypsy lifestyle does take you over and changes your way of thinking. I love it. Living our best life. Xo