22 July 2016
- You want to see the world
- You need to see the world
- You want to help other people
- You want to sod other people and just please yourself for once
- Your job sucks
- Your job doesn't suck but you need a change
- Your job doesn't suck but your boss does. Oh, how your boss sucks.
- You want to leave your comfort zone
- You want to leave your boring home town
- You want to leave everything
- Your relationship sucks
- Your relationship doesn't suck, you want to travel together
- Your relationship doesn't suck but... well actually it does
- Everyone else is doing it
- No-one else is doing it
- Only the cool people are doing it and you want to be one of them
- You want to learn something new
- You need to learn something new because you know piss all
- You need something else on your CV
- You need something on your CV
- You want to go somewhere hot
- You want to go somewhere cold
- You want to go somewhere it doesn't bloody rain all the time
- You look cool with a backpack
- You look like a numpty with a backpack but who cares, cos you're going travelling!
- Your own bed is boring
- Your own bed is way too comfortable and you need to sleep in a hut/tent/dorm
- Your own bed is empty...
- You want to volunteer where your talents will be appreciated
- You want to work where your talents will be appreciated
- You want to travel where... you get the idea
- You like foreigners
- You like other travellers
- You don't like other travellers and want to go it alone (easily done on a career break!)
- Daytime telly
- Evening telly
- Late night telly
- All your friends on Facebook are doing much better than you
- All your friends in real life are doing much better than you
- Even your friend's dog is doing much better than you
- You want to taste exotic new foods
- You want to taste something more exciting than a Gregg's steak bake
- You want to try bungee jumping
- You want to try windsurfing
- You want to try skiing
- You want to try anything that makes you feel alive
- Annoying old people
- Annoying young people
- Annoying people who are your own age
- You need to make yourself more employable
- You need a promotion
- You need a career change
- You need anything but to stay in the same place
- Hipsters
- Beards
- Hipsters with beards
- You want to bisit a rainforest
- You want to visit the desert
- You want to visit mountains
- You want to visit anywhere that doesn't have a bloody Starbucks on every corner
- You think volunteering would be fun and useful
- You think working abroad would be fun and useful
- You think doing a course would be fun and useful
- You don't care whether something is fun and useful, you just need a change
- You never took a gap year
- You took a gap year but now you want to take another one
- You took a gap year but were too pissed to remember most of it
- Your friends are doing it
- Your colleagues are doing it
- Even your nan's doing it
- You want to spend your money on experiences instead of stuff
- You spend ages looking at travel blogs
- You spend ages looking at travel books and magazines
- You spend ages looking at travel photos
- You feel that just looking at stuff isn't really satisfying you
- You've just come out of a relationship
- You've just come out of a job
- You've just come out
- You can afford it
- You can't afford it but you can save up
- You can't afford it but you can earn exta money
- You can't afford it but you can beg other people for money
- You can afford it really (if you're reading this, you can)
- You want to come back with more confidence
- You want to come back with new skills
- You want to come back with loads of stories to tell
- You want to come back in one piece (you will, don't worry!)
- The current political situation
- The current weather
- The current state of your national football team (unless you're Welsh)
- You need some exciting new friends
- You need some new friends
- You need some friends
- You've already got a backpack
- You've already got a passport
- This could be the most exciting thing you ever do
- This could be the most important thing you ever do
- This could be the most fulfilling thing you ever do
- The world is waiting...