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Insurance broker, row house, and two-kid family aren’t your thing? You have a hard time finding alternatives? Sure you do! Because these are all great ideas. Home, family, and job aren’t randomly chosen concepts according to which the entire world has ended up living by chance. They are best practices confirmed and perfected by evolution. Living without them is very hard indeed and not advisable for 95% of all people. Still a job doesn’t necessarily have to consist of sitting through your time or sudorific, nerve wracking labor; a family doesn’t have to be father, mother, and child. How to keep your life colorful and happy by evaluating and considering traditional values – read it now in our new series A Vagabond’s Guide to Life. Not just for vagabonds! Today’s topic: home.

Every animal has a habitat. This is the place where it can satisfy all its needs. Recreating this habitat, as in a zoo, is a most difficult task. Many factors have to be considered. Size, temperature, terrain, food, etc..

People are much easier in this regard. They are considerably more flexible than most animals. Their habitat is virtually everywhere in the world. Everywhere where people are living, that is their habitat. The notion of home, though, encompasses more for people. It’s a psychological principle. Home concerns habit and routine above all.

Even if people are more flexible than animals, they are still creatures of habit. You get a good feeling when you are woken up by your partner’s harrumphing in the morning; when you get up and pay a visit to your favorite bakery. This is normal. This is healty. It makes you feel secure and saves time. The good feeling that you get from “home” is completely based on your knowing and loving your environment.

During the last few months I have met travelers who have taken the notion of home to a whole new level. They feel at home virtually everywhere. Whenever they are staying somewhere for a few days they appear as if they had spent their entire life there. They change their home weekly. This might not be desirable for everybody; the basic principles they use, however, can be helpful for everybody. So how can you be at home everywhere in the world for as long as you like?

Find routines that aren’t place bound

Often it’s ridiculous things that give you a feeling of safety. The favorite bakery is just one example. Although breakfast is always powerful conditioning. My morning noodle soup in the afternoon is always a highlight of the day. Almost daily I play guitar, write letters. All of this a piece of home that I can carry around with me. Everybody has their little tics that give them a good feeling, be it a weekly visit to the red cross, physical exercise before going to bed, or regularly checking into hotels using a fake name.

Get used to new routines

Whenever you arrive at a new place, try adopting a few new routines that fit the location. Not only does this make life more simple and enjoyable, it also helps to keep the time spent at this place in better memory. Find a local specialty and the best place for acquiring it, the best market stall for fruit, or the best bar in town. Go there three times in a row and the salesperson is going to be your best friend. Play cards with your neighbor, or the old people who watch the street all day. Start the day with coffee and cigarettes if there is free coffee or your neighbor is a chain smoker. As stupid as it may sound, it feels good by the third time you’re doing it. Home is a question of conditioning. Choose the means that fit you best for getting used to a home. Home is always where you are, if you carry a little piece of the feeling of home with you and adopt to your environment a little.

The catch

Many people have routines that rule out or at least complicate going places. Mosty this includes the items family and job, which for most people are an exceedingly important part of home. How to interpret family, job, and other anchors so that they fit into mostly every concept of life – more on that this week on sagesex.com.

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Insurance broker, row house, and two-kid family aren’t your thing? You have a hard time finding alternatives? Sure you do! Because these are all great ideas. Home, family, and job...