I think I have mentioned the nomadic lifestyle in my past articles, but there was a time when I was longing for a nomadic lifestyle after reading books by Tsuyoshi Takagi and Daisuke Shikaku. I thought it was a way of life where one could go from trip to trip, and find value in the act of moving from one place to another. I thought it was the ideal lifestyle.
As Ryotaro Shiba once said, the life of the Mongolian horsemen is actually a new lifestyle and culture that came after the agricultural culture. In other words, nomads are the way of human life in the next century and may be able to overcome stagnant culture.
And the nomad believers (dare I say believers) say. Moving brings new discoveries, new sensations. To begin with, the history of mankind is a history of migration.
Indeed, without the great migration of peoples, humans might still be hunting on the plains of Africa today. In a sense, this behavior of seeking a more comfortable place to live, overcoming rough seas, and traversing unexplored areas to find a new paradise may be a primitive human impulse.
Nomads lead a minimalist life, decluttering and surrounding themselves with the bare minimum of possessions, sometimes owning very few things themselves, and continuing to move about.
This is a new lifestyle, not just for nomads. I believe that those who can present this in an attractive way will remain in the limelight for a long time to come.
In fact, I think there are many people who are dissatisfied and unhappy with their current lifestyle. They have to go to work, they have to go to school, they don’t want to live in this country or in their families anymore, etc.
At such times, the words and actions of those who embody nomadism are dazzling and appealing. I wish I could be like them. After all, this is also “freedom. This word is very powerful for those who are dissatisfied with their current situation.
From trip to trip. Travel across the world, visit different countries, socialize with many people, and make exotic friends. Experience different values and learn how the world is made up. It is wonderful. If you can live this kind of life, your life will be very fruitful and enjoyable. When the yen was much weaker than it is now, a poster for a trip to Hawaii looked like a shining paradise.
And for those who practice nomadism, it is not reckless or impossible to do so. They say it is possible with just one step of courage.
I took these words to heart and immediately organized what I didn’t need and converted my paper books into e-books. I reduced my clothes to the bare minimum and threw them away. I made it so that I only needed my phone and computer for work and personal life. When I went out, I used my iPhone to learn to type all documents (and novels) with flick typing and to learn how to type! I also sold my car.
I also sold my car and considered car sharing. I also researched American citizenship and Malaysian citizenship to see if I could somehow obtain permanent residency in a foreign country.
After trying out various things for the first time, I realized that things bind people’s hearts and take away their freedom. By throwing things away, I feel lighter. I even thought it would be great if I could continue to live in hotels here and there while writing.
However, the more I tried to live a minimalist lifestyle, the more I became addicted to it, and the more I tried, the more I lost my edge. One day, I regretted throwing away something that I had to cherish in the heat of the moment, and I suddenly had a strange thought that nomadism might be the same as an extreme diet. I thought that if I continued to push forward, I would fatally damage something inside of me.
Dieting may indeed be a good thing in that you lose weight. Your body becomes lighter, your food bill floats, and your figure visibly changes. And you will eat less and less and just look forward to losing weight.
However, some people go on excessive diets so much that they become afraid of eating itself, and some people become anorexic, or even physically ill. In other words, mastering nomadism will certainly give you lightness and freedom. You may come up with new ideas. You may become a leading proponent of a new lifestyle.
In my own way, I too, after a life of trying to live a nomadic lifestyle, eating an organic diet, quitting taking oils and meat that were bad for me, taking care of my health, and running in the morning, one day I found myself exhausted to the core and not enjoying myself at all. Then it occurred to me. This is just like an extreme diet.
I thought that I was simply pursuing convenience and eliminating waste in order to gain the efficiency of life, in other words, the “freedom” that I longed for. This is not a diet, to put it bluntly, but a way of thinking that is similar to the current situation in our country, if we substitute the words “economic development” in place of freedom.
I know this is a bit of a stretch, but deaths from overwork still occur constantly in this country. And not only nomads, but also dieters, forcibly twisting their way of life to suit a single ideology or concept can lead to death by overwork in the end, or in the case of nomads, mental death by overwork. This is exactly what I found in my search for the reason for this exhaustion.
Of course, there are some people for whom the nomadic lifestyle suits their personality. Some people may be saved by the new lifestyle.
However, I don’t think there are that many people who have been saved by the new lifestyle. I think that those who would suggest dieting to people who are really suited to a chubby figure, both mentally and physically, just because they would benefit more from it, have other purposes in mind.
This is a bit sudden, but in the end, I think that a way of life like the tea ceremony teacher played by the late Ms. Kirin Kiki in the Japanese movie “Hibi Kore Kohi”, where people settle down in one place, find beauty in everyday life, and at the same time gain new freedom of thought, is actually more suitable for the majority of people, a new and old way of life. I think this is a new and old way of life that suits the majority of people.
See you later.
