Sunday, December 10, 2017

What Do You Do, When All Your Dreams Come True?" *** and *** “This Blog Is For Me, Too”

I found a cool blog a while ago titled Bren on the Road, read most of the posts and liked it so much I added it to my Blog Roll.  Even though the author isn't RVing, it is a travel blog.  Today I clicked on the sidebar link and went back to read some of the older posts that looked interesting.  I'd read most of them, but they looked like subjects I'd enjoy reading about again.


Bren is a young, single guy from Auckland, New Zealand traveling the world.  Really, the world, but so many of his stories and tips work for RVers, too.  And I really enjoy his writing style.  I've spent hours going back through all the posts with titles of interest to me today.

As I looked through the list of past blog posts, two of the them really spoke to me and I wanted to share them. 

The first post is kind of where I am right now, I pretty much have fulfilled all my dreams, wants and wishes.  What do I do now?  It was written December 6, 2017.


The second one I especially wanted to keep handy because it's been harder for me to find interesting topics to post about lately when I'm in a "no inspiration, no motivation" blogging mode. It seems like a lot of us who have been blogging for years sometimes go through these "lack of motivation" times.  Click the link below to be taken to that post.


It was written October 9, 2014.  When I was reading this post, it emphasized to me how fortunate we RVers really are, those of us who are lucky enough to be able to leave home and travel.  Whether it's to all the State Parks in New Mexico year after year, or camping in all the National Parks in the USA, or visiting each of the 50 United States.  Some people have specific goals and bucket lists and some are just "on the road" like me.  I have no itinerary and no long term plan.  As long as I enjoy this lifestyle, I'll keep doing it, making it up as I go along.  When it stops being wonderful, I'll figure out something else.

This is the beginning of the part of his post that really got me:
    
"Us long term travelers are spoiled on the road. We forget what we’re looking at. We get lazy. Unappreciative. Another rural town with beautiful colonial buildings? Snore. Seen one of them before.
     
"But if we stop being such jaded, stuck-up snobs, we might remember what this new town really represents; a new adventure. You might meet your next best friend here. You might hear a song that you would never hear anywhere else. You might fall in love with the girl who sits beside you at the coffee shop. You might eat a mandarin pie that is so perfect it will be seared into your taste-bud memory for life.
     
"But we forget that. All of us do.
     
"And that’s when I realised, this blog isn’t just for you. It’s for me, too."

I don't think we are all spoiled, unappreciative or lazy, and the people I meet are definitely not snobs.  But he's traveling as a single man in other countries, and we are in RVs in the US.  Different kinds of travel - that might make the difference.  But his concept, I think, is correct.  He goes on from that point explaining... well, you can read the rest on his blog.

Sometimes what Bren writes is so true! I use my blog for so many different things, sometimes I use the Search Box to find information I need, and when I get to that particular post, I end up reading it, and then some of the other posts around the same time, or in the same place.  That always gets the creative juices going again and reminds me how much I love reading my old posts and remembering where I've been, people I've met, new birds I've photographed; great times, stressful situations, wins and losses - all the different crazy and wonderful experiences that happen when you live on the road.  

Could I possibly ever forget how lucky I am? And continue looking for the unusual, exotic and funny things I can write a new blog post about to keep those memories safe and available at the click of a Search button?  Luckily I have my blog to look back and remind me.

Even though Bren is traveling the world and is much younger than I, the concept is still the same and most of his blog posts have something in them that give me ideas or make me smile and nod my head.

Hummm, I didn't mean to make this a review of Bren on the Road, but I do recommend it for current or future travelers.  His posts are interesting and I especially liked the ones I've linked to.  Who knows, you might get some good ideas, learn something new or just have an enjoyable read.

I've never met Bren, but felt like I knew him when I first found his blog and read through his posts.  After spending an entire afternoon re-reading some of his past blog posts, I feel like I've met him all over again.  If you get a chance, check him out.

"If you’ve forgotten why you travel... Try to remember the reason you fell in love with the road."  --Bren on the Road

From me and Katie, have a great day, everyone!  😊

17 comments:

  1. Wonderful post, thanks for sharing Bren with us.

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  2. Thanks for sharing his blog with us, he is living life to the fullest enjoyed reading some of them too..
    I like your sentence "As long as I enjoy this lifestyle, I'll keep doing it, making it up as I go along " That is the way we think of this lifestyle as well. And I have been camping and exploring for 50 years now and still enjoy it.

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  3. Thanks for the post and share of Bren's blog. Each place we go people have their lives their and for them it is important and has meaning and purpose. We can learn the life ways of each community as their is difference in each. You are so right, their is beauty all around and sometimes we get spoiled to seeing the grand sights which make the others seem mundane.
    RV'ing is a lifestyle just as living in a house or apartment is a lifestyle and it is what we do with each that gives it meaning and purpose and fulfillment.

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  4. I've also read his blog and agree with your review! Good writing.

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  5. thanks for putting us on to Bren and his very interesting thoughts. I'll dig deeper and read more. Absolutely correct! When we get tired of this lifestyle (???) we'll stop and find something else to love. :)

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  6. Thanks for sharing! I’ve been blogging about my flying adventures since 2005, mostly to share my travels. However, I really relate to Bren, it’s about me, for me. Reading about my past adventures with my Bride motivate me to keep on keeping on.

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  7. An excellent post and true as we often can be blase about new places and things we have done before. Not just in travelling but also with experiences closer to home. It s important to create an awareness and appreciation of everyday things.
    I have rarely commented on your blog but have followed your adventures from the time you started RV living.

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  8. When I was in my late teens and early 20s and so many of my contemporaries were traveling the road, I really didn't have the itch. Now, I wish I could travel more - internationally I think - but isn't every new place a new idea to think about.

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  9. There are a lot of great blogs out there. Some are really fun to read and you lots of ideas come from them.

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  10. thank you for sharing this, I'll be sure to check out his blog too:)

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  11. I started to read this blog a year or so ago, but lost interest. I shall go back and re-evaluate. Thanks for the push!

    Virtual hugs,

    Judie

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  12. Hoping things are good for you. It's almost a mo rh since you posted this. Yes... I use my blog to keep track of things in my life too as well as to entertain others. After lits of years of anything, blogging or traveling it can get stale. Thanks for the reminder to stay observent.

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  13. Haven't posted in a while. Hope you and Katie are ok.

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  14. I'm hoping you and Katie are well and just happily enjoying yourself!
    Miss your posts.

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