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Finding balance or lack thereof when you are a nomad, does it exist?

As I go to make my second cup of coffee, I debate whether or not I want black or the sugary crap I already had.

Sara Burdick
4 min readAug 15, 2023
Hitchhiking in Georgia, Photo cred: Stasi Pagello

As well as my mind races with how much I need to do today. I have written before about my struggle with balance and the struggles of living a nomadic existence.

Two days ago, I was productive but had no social life. The past two days, I was unproductive but had the best time and met new friends.

Yet why do I sit in my bed, as my laundry is washing and stress?

I have so much content to write that it could serve as my entire year’s worth of writing and videos. Instead, I rush to edit a video because I have two more.

On top of that, I am studying how to be better at my videos and storytelling; you name it, I am learning it. That is what I do; I fill my head and then get stuck in paralysis.

I feel the need to rush all my Georgia content and write it now, do guides, because once I leave, I feel like I will forget it. I will forget how I felt standing in the town where Stalin used to vacation; I will forget how we all ran out of an abandoned building because, yes, fleas.

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Sara Burdick
Sara Burdick

Written by Sara Burdick

I quit the rat race after working as a nurse for 16 years. Travel and Storyteller. I live in Colombia. https://substack.com/@saraburdick

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