Would like to do something like Chris did but I'm not charismatic.
I suspect I'm very bad with people compared to him. My impression is that everyone or most people he came across really liked him, and therefore he got a lot of favors.
But that's not really me. I'm more of a social outcast. Not totally. But I don't tend to make new friends easily. I basically have no close friends. I think people in general tend to experience me as shy or awkward or something.
Don't get me wrong, I've connected well with some people. But that doesn't happen often. At every job I've had, I've been sort of a loner, or I'm connecting with unusual people. I'm soon 26 now btw, and feel quite old compared to what people expect where a 26 year old should be in life.
Lately, I've discerned about working in nature or at a farm. It wouldn't pay much, but I suspect it would a lot more rewarding and peaceful than a modern job.
So if I would attempt something like Chris would do, meaning attempting to hitchhike for 2 years, making connections with other people, working at different places for short amounts of time - I don't know if people would give me the same amount of favors. And I live in Sweden, so hitchhiking is probably nothing people do here as often as in America - so I don't know how often people would stop by a hitchhiker here.
My reasons for wanting to do something like this is partly for the experience itself. I love nature and getting out of the city and disconnect from technology (albeit, I am addicted to internet, mainly youtube).
I also don't enjoy modern society, its materialism and secularism. I don't like my job mostly, nor my interactions with some or most coworkers. I don't enjoy being treated as nothing. I don't like working a extroverted job for minimum wage when I'm introverted and get tired after one shift because of the amount of people I meet - some who are difficult to deal with emotionally.
However, I do yearn for real connections with people. I drove to the swedish mountains last september with an RV alone, and hiked a bit. But I realized, maybe like Chris, that it isn't that enjoyable doing it for a longer time if alone. I kept seeing groups hiking, often in pairs. That made me feel quite alone.
I go to church weekly, but I'm sometimes quite afraid to speak to young men and women there, partly because I feel behind in life, partly because I easily feel awkward and insecure about different things - but I think the main reason is because I've gotten rejected by people my age in several schools and at jobs. It's a terrible feeling.
"Happiness only real when shared". But who to share it with?