In a way, simplifying your life for vagabonding is easier than it sounds. This is because travel by its very nature demands simplicity. If you don't believe this, just go home and try stuffing everything you own into a backpack. This will never work, because no matter how meagerly you live at home, you can't match the scaled-down minimalism that travel requires.

I think your travels get better when you stop showcasing your journey to others and begin to live it, quietly and joyfully.

Vagabonding is about not merely reallotting a portion of your life for travel but rediscovering the entire concept of time.

Travel, I was coming to realize, was a metaphor not only for the countless options life offers but also for the fact that choosing one option reduces you to the parameters of that choice. Thus, in knowing my possibilities, I also knew my limitations.

Of all the adventures and challenges that wait on the vagabonding road, the most difficult can be the act of coming home.

Money, of course, is still needed to survive, but time is what you need to live. So, save what little money you possess to meet basic survival requirements, but spend your time lavishly in order to create the life values that make the fire worth the candle. Dig?

The simple willingness to improvise is more vital, in the long run, than research.