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.