For someone who just started a travel blog, I’m not the most worldly person. Hell, I haven’t even been to Europe. Most of the places I’ve traveled to have been within US borders. There is a lot to experience in the United States, and I’ve had a blast exploring my vast, diverse country. However, I get overwhelmed when I imagine all of the places in the world I haven’t seen yet. At 29 years old, I have my whole life ahead of me, but sometimes that doesn’t seem long enough.

It makes one want to live the nomad life. Quit your job! Move to Jamaica and be a scuba diving instructor! Move to a bungalow in the South of France and write freelance! In this connected world, you can live and work wherever you desire. Never before has the old cliche “the world is your oyster” ringed so true.

There’s no shortage of articles online that tout this lifestyle. One woman quit her high-paying journalist job to start a new life in St. John. BBC.com has a page dedicated to advice from those who have taken the plunge. And Elite Daily’s rather harshly titled “6 Reasons Why Not Quitting Your Job to Travel Is A Waste of Your Life” will make you feel like you’re, well, wasting your life.

I’m not saying that the people who have quit their jobs to travel or to live on exotic islands don’t deserve praise. They did what made them happy, said to hell with the haters, and were true to themselves. Their courage inspires me.

But for the majority of us, it may not be practical or possible, whether because of financial constraints, family commitments, or simply a fear of the unknown. Many of us will dismiss this notion as a mere pipe dream.

I’m an ordinary person with an ordinary job. Like many, I only have a certain amount of time off each year. I’m not complaining; I do just fine. In fact, I’m grateful for the stability and financial security my job affords me.

This is security and stability that, at the end of the day, I just don’t want to give up. No matter how appealing it seems to travel from country to country without a plan and a schedule, I doubt that it’s for me. I think of my job, my apartment, my friends, and nearby family as my foundation, and traveling offers me the life experiences I need to build on top of it. In other words, I like the relative certainty of my everyday life and that I have the flexibility to see the world a couple of times a year.

If you’re thinking of leaving your job to live the full-time traveler life, I encourage you to follow your dreams. It’ll be difficult, scary, fun, beautiful, and exhilarating, and I hope you’ll share your experiences, good and bad, with the world. I’ll be here, living vicariously through you from my apartment share in Boston, and planning my next adventure.