What's Crackin' Everybody? As most folks can probably decipher, this is the Season 1 Finale of THE NOMAD THEORY podcast, which (as it so happens) falls almost exactly into line with me leaving the United States once again. In this episode, I illuminate what my plans are for the following several months, how I will be sustaining myself, what books I am carrying with me - and finally - a send-off note that should be considered by anyone taking a gap-period of whatever length. Listen and read the Show Notes here: ~~~~~~ Books I am carrying in my backpack (way too many): The Proud Highway by Hunter S. Thompson The Right to Write by Julia Cameron Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss by Dennis McKenna (I just met him in Cuzco yesterday!) Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut and Genesis Revisited by Zecharia Sitchin ... along with a 300 page printed copy of my first manuscript. ~~~~~~~ How to sign up for the "Theories from the Road" newsletter: Visit nomadtheory.net and put your email in the pop-up box. I will start a newsletter someday, which will hopefully replace these desperate Facebook posts. ~~~~~~~ And finally, I must admit; not all is dandy when living a Nomadic Lifestyle. Almost everyday, I feel a deep sadness for leaving my friends and family for such long periods of time. By living a Nomadic Life, we are often "not home" (as we normally think of it). But a Nomad is at home wherever she is. "Wherever you go, there you are." - maybe Larry Ridenour Nothing beats the real deal of being with people you love in person, so I must apologize to all those who's company we will not be able to share. I think about it almost everyday: That it's insane to purposefully leave the ones you love, even for the sake of adventure and self-growth. Yet I do it anyways. Because, for whatever reason, I trust that we will all be ok. I don't know why I trust that, but I figure on some level, that if I didn't, I wouldn't consider going in the first place. And yet I am. Thank you for listening to this episode of THE NOMAD THEORY. Stay Wild Folks! A.C. Ridenour