It's on the bucket list of almost every youngster of my age. Although I think it's entirely possible to do it, because traveling became so much easier than it was for our parents in their young days, it always makes me wonder how many of them will really be able to check it off at the end of their lives. How many of them won't get stuck in making a career, starting a family, building a house, ...? How many of them will be able to let their 'duties and obligations' rest for a while? 

We all know the word 'wanderlust'. It seems to appear everywhere these days. Yet, it sometimes bothers me how people use it whether appropriate or not. No, your picture at the pool of some tropical beach resort (far away from the real world) doesn't need a #wanderlust. Neither does a picture of your new bikini, a throwback to your shopping weekend in London or your moment with some Abercrombiemodels in Paris. 

Wanderlust is so much more than just a noun or a hashtag. It's a strong feeling that doesn't appear once in a while, but all the time. You can't say 'today I want to feel some wanderlust' or 'this picture makes me have wanderlust'. No. That's not how it works. You feel it in the morning when you wake up, you feel it while you take a shower, when you study, when you're on your way to school, while you eat a snack, while you party,... You feel it every second of every day. At least, I do. 

Yesterday, I've discovered a new word. 'Fernweh'. It's a German noun, which means the opposite of homesickness. You could translate it as 'farsickness, a desire to travel and a longing for far-off places'. Some of you will say it's the German translation of 'wanderlust', but I don't think so. For me, it means that you not only want to travel, but that you also feel home at places that you've never been before. So I guess I've found my new word, and I promise, I will only use it when it's appropriate. 

It sometimes kills me though. All I want to do is travel everywhere. I'm not interested in having a big career, earning a lot of money to buy ugly expensive clothes because their fashionable or living in a big house in a big city where no one ever sleeps because they're too busy working. I want to discover unknown places, meet new people, learn different languages, take wonderful pictures and read stunning books at the seaside while the sun goes down. I want to swim, surf, sail in tropical oceans and sleep under a bright sky full of stars. I want to climb mountains and raft of rivers. I want to know why that specific church is so important for that specific city, and why that specific event is so important for that specific country. I want to live my dreams instead of longing for them, and it makes me so inpatient. Knowing I can't right now, because I'm still studying and I don't have any money or time really grinds my gears. 

On the other hand, it makes me chase my goals and work for it. I've already seen a lot and every year, I see a bit more of this big yet wonderful planet, and up to now, I've never been disappointed. Bit by bit, my world map starts to get filled with little black dots. Every time I travel, it only makes me want to travel even more. I spend all my money on it (I got quite skilled in finding the cheapest plain tickets and the best hoteldeals), but it's as they say: 'travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer'. I want to be able to look back on my life and honestly say that I've lived it the way I wanted, and I wasn't held back by the way society tells us to live. And deep down, I know I will. 

The only negative side is that, by traveling this much, I feel home in so many places, I end up feeling home nowhere at all. But I guess that's just how a traveller's heart feels, and I'm okay with that.