basically why I'm asking this is because my dad, as supportive and wonderful as he is, wants to know WHY I want to live this kind of lifestyle. at this point he doesn't care about the who or where anymore because he knows that I will do it regardless.
I try to explain to him the thrill and appeal of adventure, wanderlust, danger and challenges. how society's idea of living is to go to school for four years, go into debt work it off for twenty plus years and retire with very little is NOT for me. I've had a tough past five years living under what they wanted for me. they were trying their best to help me but really it only helped me realize that the lifestyle they are living in isn't for me.
I need something different, spontaneous and filled with change. something not so clean and commercialized. i need the dirt under my fingernails and the greasy hair. i need to be closer to the land than walking on pavement and concrete.
but he's lived a 9-5 job for the majority of his life and at that point, at his age, i think it's beyond him and his mind to understand anything that's outside of society's norm. it's sad, i really wish i could explain it to him, to make him understand and feel a wee bit better.
am i even making any fucking sense?