Anyone ever just want to pack up and leave?

You go through life, trials and tribulations, things go wrong, you have to fix them. Your life's a bit crap, so you try to improve it. Get a good job, find a woman, clear your debts... you have something to aim for all the time, a focus.

All of a sudden you have found all this - so what next? Your brain is confused because you're in a situation where you should just keep on keepin' on, and part of you doesn't know what to do with yourself, so it wants something new and exciting and difficult.
 
^I know what you mean, albeit on a smaller scale. I get stressed when I have lots going on yet once I resolve them and the worries go away, I feel lost. It feels kinda neutral, and this is where I start rediscovering pleasures long forgotten - reading, photography, tv series, movies, etc.
 
Everyone reacts in different ways - some like/enjoy/thrive on having a "challenge" in their own way (I think). If you're at a plateau, I suppose it's possible that there is nothing to grind against? I'd count yourself lucky in some respects. Maybe the desire to go travelling or do something different doesn't have to be a big issue - could be your self trying to justify doing something different? Speak with the missus and see what she says. The world is a big place and it sounds like you've got a good base of operations going - go forage :)
 
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Your 'boredom' outweighs your 'good relationship' with your wife? Do you actually love her, beyond having a 'good life'?

If you can rationalise picking up and leaving, and are sure your departure would end the relationship, i would seriously question whether that relationship was meant to be. Are you just trying to run away from it?
 
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sound like you may be gay. Have you considered cottaging? You will soon know. (joking, joking, if you feel down, sort it out)
 
Moses said:
Think about all the boring people who never live the dream... those who sit at home thinking "what if?" instead :eek:.
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You sound like the voiceover for some advert with a bloke going "here's to all the ...... out there, bla bla" , and it's really bugging me because I can't figure out which one :mad:
 
BunnyKillBot said:
Your 'boredom' outweighs your 'good relationship' with your wife? Do you actually love her, beyond having a 'good life'?
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This has to be asked as well as the depression.

I can fully understand the wanting to pack the bags and go, but to not want to take your wife seems very odd and indicates it's not just a want of a different lifestyle.
I often think about a different lifestyle of being more or less self sufficient and loving somewhere out or on the edge of wilderness.
 
Plan some adventure holidays. Get some hobbies in between. Life's what you make it.

Remember the grass is always greener on the other side but you still have to mow it!
 
Dr House said:
Do one of 2 things

1 Have a Kid
2 Go see your GP
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1 bit of very good advice and one horrifically bad piece of terrible advice here. Can you guess which is which?

Having a kid when your heart is not in it is completely the wrong thing to do. Particularly given how challenging the early time with a new baby can be for everyone. If there is some depression going on, sleepless nights, additional strain on the relationship are hardly going to magically make things right.
 
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