The feeling of wanting to leave everything behind...

Where does this urge to leave everything behind come from? And is packing our stuff and starting somewhere afresh actually a smart move? Is there anything profound and meaningful about changing location, or is it just a means to escape discontent?

Video: The feeling of wanting to leave everything behind

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00:00 Introduction
01:22 Wanting to leave
05:09 The irrationality of leaving
08:39 An assertion of freedom
10:44 Our truest selves

[TA.Mnt.Lion.Alaska]

In 2008 I dropped everything and left everything behind to move to Alaska. It was the best choice I ever made..

[LordPinky]

Sometimes roots need new soil, new nutrients, so the rest of the organism can flourish again...
I've been stuck in this city for so long, where living is becoming too expensive, housing is unaffordable, and i lock myself indoors because of it, too noisy, too dirty... humans can be too toxic to stay put. I long for nature, peace and quiet.

[AloneInTheVoid]

"my aloneness feels so good… I'll only have you if you're sweeter than my solitude."
- Warsan Shire

[growitheflow]

“No matter where you go, there you are”

[citomp]

Every time I look into the woods, the wilderness, I want to walk into it and never come back.

[afgdfdgdfddf]

I left all behind many times. Remember, when you are old, you will regret what you didn't do, rather than all the mistakes done in life.

[london-vlog]

3 Years a go left my well paid job in London to settle in a coastal small town in Scotland.
Best decision ever

[InspektorDreyfus]

No matter what place, I always have the feeling I don't belong there.

[customjuices]

If moving is an acceptance of who we are and what we value, then it's a running towards ourselves, not away from ourselves.

[AverageAngel]

the need to explore doesn't just come from discontent, it is part of the human nomadic identity. A reflection of our truest selves. Well said!

[jedje]

Most people who do leave are the explorative types. They do not leave because of discontent. The people that are discontent and say they will leave, almost never leave.

Just my experience. I lived and worked in 7 different countries. Now I'm quite settled, married, but the idea of going somewhere unknown and beginning a new quest still stays with me.

A lot of people in the comments talk about travel. But travel is not the same as going somewhere to live and work. Even if you travel a year or so, you always know you will come back to the same situation.

If you move somewhere and settle into another country, society, job, you are grounded into another daily reality. All I can say is that this will expand your vision immensely, and this idea of what home is will change with you.

[geggs]

I left the UK 13 years ago and moved to Canada. Now I’m stuck and have endless amounts of debt. Living hell. The grass isn’t always greener.

[Murphy]

"I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude."
That urge to fly away against the gravitational forces of mechanical existence hits hard !! It's better to be in Solitude than to deal with venomous fake world 🤸💜

[joleaneshmoleane]

I just keep wishing I’d fall asleep and never wake up.

[winterbird]

Travel changes the soul in my opinion and experience. Gives new perspectives to the old problems. Makes it easier to put up with and help yourself. And others.

[andrewstallard]

I left the United States for China. My wife, father, and aunt all passed away within a year of each other, and I was looking to start over since I lost so many. I teach physics here. It would be nigh impossible for a white man like me to get such a job in my homeland.

While I am much happier here, I still took myself with me. I still have the same knots in my soul I always did.

Great talk

[Fly]

The timing of this video is impeccable. I have been feeling stuck in the minutia of my day to day life. I don’t live anymore, I just exist. I am constantly thinking about ways to leave and never look back. I want to run away from my job, my living situation, and I want to leave behind all the expectations others have set for me. It just feels like I need to leave in order to determine what truly I carry with me and what others gave me to carry for them.

[RedC]

I'm going through this at the moment - aged 54 - My life has been turned upside down in the previous 12 months. Some by design, some very much not by design. I've never felt as though I belonged wherever I was. I'm drawn to your channel because, like you, I'm drawn to solitude, I have needed to be alone since childhood. But I struggle with bouts of loneliness and a fundamental need for company and intimacy. It's as though I'm at odds with myself. I find water, sunshine and blue skies and walking therapeutic, calming, healing. I'm about to embark on a series of short trips around the Mediterranean to see if there's somewhere that resonates. A derelict farmhouse that requires renovating, surrounded by a small vinyard or an olive grove maybe. I have no idea of this a fantasy or a calling but I think it's worth taking a look. I know wherever I go I will take my internal struggles. I know that I'm not going to be able to run away from unpleasant feelings or memories. I'm not searching for a new home, a destination, a dream or a fantasy. I'm searching for inner calm. Deep down I know it doesn't matter where I am physically for this to manifest itself, but the journey I hope is the mechanism that creates healing that I require. If I return, I hope to return a more whole, centered person.

[miami-]

Whoever is behind this channel is a genius. I mean...when I feel sad, stressed, ignored...I just go to this channel and come back like a fresh new born baby. Thanks Einzalngänger❤

[howaboutno]

I left my hometown 3 years ago. It gave me space to really have introspection without distraction. But I soon noticed that I started creating the same bad habits in my new environment. I followed myself lol. I'm glad I made the move but it also taught me that happiness is created from within🙏🏾❤️ great vid as always