Is it normal to feel not rooted to any particular place? global nomad?

Is it normal to feel not rooted to any particular place?

I'm essentially a Third Culture Kid. I was born in one place, yet, I bounced around the world as my parents moved (military job).

If someone asks me where I'm from? I can't pick one place. I think I've developed my own personalized cultural identity. I don't like the idea of living in one place for more than a year. The longest I've lived in one place is three years. I can't remotely identify with people that have lived in one place their entire life. I'm partly jealous of them, and partly bored. I develop friends easily, but I don't keep them. I'm quite a cultural chamelon. I'll just copy local customs to get on with business. It's very easy to adapt.

I seriously need to get myself a different job that keeps me bouncing around the world like this. I love it. It's what I've done since I was an infant. I feel good when I'm relocating. Give me too much time in one place, and I feel a need to move soon. One year is usually long enough in one place.

Everyplace feels transient. I guess the world is my home. I can't pinpoint any one place to ever consider staying put, not at all.

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Based on 7 votes (6 yes)
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Comments ( 5 )
  • JellyBeanBandit

    That sounds like a great way to be.

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  • McBean

    Jobs that require constant travel are always hard to fill. You would be a marketable candidate.

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  • RoseIsabella

    I've always admired people who had really strong roots in place.

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  • Nickvey

    my dad moved quite often in the middle of the school year , 10 lower education schools . in 12 years. said goodbye to no one. girlfriends well i just broke up with them ahead of time. self protection. did it have a mental effect? yes it made me crazy. i hated it so i didnt do that to my four children. one had two school systems the rest one . very stable. love your neighbors as yourself i always say.

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  • Join the navy.

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