First Frost

I'm starting to feel antsy.



This happens to me on a fairly regular basis; as soon as I become somewhat comfortable in a new place or in a new job I yearn for freedom and something new. I'm not good at long term commitments and this makes me very nervous. Will I always be this restless?



Teaching appeals to me on some level for this reason; there are many, many breaks from classes to get away from the school. The students and courses change relatively often. Every day the schedule is a little different than the one before it. And yet.



I'm feeling confined by my smallish salary and heaps of bills. I have two long breaks coming up and no funds with which to take advantage of them. But I think I'll go ahead and live it up as best I can. Isn't that what your 20's is all about? Making impulsive, decisions based on emotion rather than rational thought? I read a New York Times article recently that told me that, and I think it's time I lived a little irrationally. So I'm off to DC in two weeks to see old friends and a new place. But I do wonder about the wanderlust. Will it ever go away?