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Sometimes I feel like the only kid my age who still wants to play
What is Vagabonding Life?
The History
This website is the evolution of Vagabonding Begins, my old vagabonding travel blog which I started on Bootsnall way back in December 2005.
So for the last couple of years after my refusal to contribute any more to society, I have shared my adventures, my fears, my injuries, and even some of my personal feelings with complete strangers. It doesn’t sound like such a good idea on paper, but it has been more rewarding than I ever thought possible. I have seen new friendships, opportunities, and paths pop up because of Vagabonding Begins. I’m in it too deep to stop now!
Escaping the cubicle
After 7 years of working as an IT engineer for one of the most vile corporations in America, I managed to save enough money, sell my house and my things, and unplug myself from the Matrix before being consumed.
Sure, I miss things like the camaraderie, luxuries such as a steady paycheck, and knowing that the IRS isn’t hiring soldiers of fortune to look for me….but the trade for life freedom was worth it.
Since 2005, I have been showing people that anything is possible, that there is a door left open in the giant Rat Race maze, and that there is always the hope of escape. The best part….?
YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE RICH!
Who?
My name is Greg Rodgers. I’m no one famous and no I didn’t make it rich selling widgets on the internet…..I’m just a guy that made a big life change and managed to find a new path to happiness. I want to share that path with people that know there has to be more to life than accumulating junk.
I no longer own a place to live in the US. My home is anywhere that my backpack is and even while in my hometown of Lexington, Kentucky I still feel like a visitor. I am more or less someone just passing through.
I am forever doomed and blessed to travel the forgotten places all over this world…..paradise island or malaria dunghole….I want to see them all.
Vagabonding
My first and only mission of this new blog is to share what daily life is like while vagabonding, whether on the road or working in between trips. I want to share it with people that are looking for the truth about a life of travel - not the chocolate covered, life-is-perfect Travel Channel version. In fact, I am Samantha Brown’s worst nightmare. Waking up every day someplace new with little income isn’t always like a day at Disney World.
There are enough blogs with top-10 lists, linkbait articles, and stories of budget travelers teaching orphans in Cambodia or holding hands with endangered whales. Sure, those are great things - but to be honest, some days you just get your ass kicked by the road. Those are the days you probably won’t read about in Lonely Planet…..and that is where I step in.
Travel has left marks on my heart, mind, and even body. I am a firm believer that any experience is good experience, and so I have tried to share all these life changes with my readers. If you are an old reader, then welcome back and thank you for sticking with me. If you are here for the first time, then welcome friend.
May there always be a road.
Contact Me!
I love hearing from anyone reading, travelers - both future and present. It feels good to know that I’m not alone.
Email: bucho_ky@yahoo.com
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Kentucky, USA
Wow! Nice new and sleek digs you’ve got here Greg.
Congrats!
heyy
greeting from india…i m also quitting my cubicle soon mate!!
thanks for the inspiration!
Roshan
Hey I love your blog. I don’t have anything else really to say, but it’s a wonder that it isn’t number one in the search engines.
Good to see theres other people out there on the road, keep up the free life matey, where did you take the background pic and wheres the gallery?
nice work
Cheers!
Great site! Your story is very inspiring! I went into corporate immediately after graduating from university, and I’m currently on my third year working for a multinational. But I really dream of one day being able to do what you did and leave everything behind to travel. I just need to pluck up the courage to do it! Any advice?
Sites like yours continue to inspire my wife and I to escape the cubicle and head out onto the open road!
Hi!
I just want to share one thing—
Most probably you might also have experienced this feeling; most of the times it is not the destination that we reach in traveling that is existing , it the traveling itself. The ever ending change in space and time that is exciting.To walk in places where none intrudes.
WOW! feeling when I think about it.
Dear Greg,
You’re my inspiration! You trully are! God keeps you safe no matter where you are and what situation you’re in. Will see you somewhere, someday!
Greg,
How fortuitous that you found me on Twitter. You’re several years ahead of me, but here I am currently working on unplugging from the NA template.
We’ll see what happens. Meanwhile, I’d love to link to your blog and feel free to link mine, however no pressure to, only if it suits the intent of your site.
Cheers!