Aspies of the road - Modern day Henry Thoreau's

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Many times here it is talked about how people in the spectrum find it hard to leave home. Yet I often meet people like myself who feel hemmed in by walls and ceilings. As a result they take to the road, or like myself they walk hours upon hours each day.

Whilst I value enormously everybody's experience, I would be most keen to hear from those that aren't the stay at home type of aspie, but instead, one that feels most alive outside in nature. Perhaps there are some urban walkers or wanderers out there.

I would be interested to hear your experiences.

Sorry I'm late to reply but I'm just like that. Always hated being indoors. I feel lazy and claustrophobic when Im indoors in the day time. My friends and family would rather sit indoors on Facebook and watching tv all day but I always felt the need to get outside, see all the beautiful places and scenery in the UK. Always been obsessed with nature, scenery, animals, natural beauty, plants, trees and historic buildings. I'll go out on my own, sit in the woods, go for a walk across the fields. Usually on my own. I drive 550 miles, 10 hours to Scotland once a year where I'll go out on my own, sit on the hills and walk along the lochs. Feel much more alive and at home in nature. Ill stop at every historic building as I go, for example fort George where I went today. I am a smoker so always take a few joints with me, sit by a waterfall or something. Helps me open my mind and take in all the details better. Ever since I was young I'd be outside catching butterflies in the field while friends sat indoors

I like Thoreau's way of doing things for the most part.

I wish he were friendlier to the people he met, though.

Good to hear from you both.

I see myself as a modern day Henry Thoreau, though much more of a people pleaser

Glad you're a likeable fellow.....

I just didn't see why Thoreau was so unfriendly to people.

One can be an eccentric, a hermit....and still be nice to folks.

I knew at least one person who was a hermit. He wore disheveled clothes, but didn't have a bad scent, really. He was okay with people. Just live and let live, I always say. We had a couple of decent conversations.

I like to walk, and to wander for many miles when work/time/energy allows it.

However, this Waldenesque ideal of living out in nature, relying on it, etc. I do not like. Too big a fan of hot showers, TV, etc.

I'm sure there are ways to create hot showers naturally.

I like modern conveniences myself.

But "living off the land" has always carried a certain appeal to me.

It was easier to do that in the 19th century----when living in a town residence was sort of akin to living in a house in the woods.

Oh indeed the miles I covered on the bike on my days off over the years.
Holidays on my own cycling Youth Hostel to Youth Hostel or camping.

Tending to stay at home has only come in recent years, as a result of many additional committments on days off which have led to a period of durnout being carefully managed to avoid any major grief.

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I am nomadic.
I have an over-developed sense of being trapped, and if in one place for too long (like right now, it's driving me crazy) I start to feel trapped, stuck, stagnant, as if the world is happening out there on the road and I'm standing still, doing nothing, being nothing, experiencing nothing, seeing nothing. The idea that I'll wake up tomorrow and be 60 and this is all I would have experienced in my life horrifies me.
I have been around, through temporary accommodations and rentals, university dorms, homeless shelters, projects, couch surfing, travelling - but my pathological inability to hold a job ultimately lands me back in the clutches of my relatives. I can't support myself because I can't hold down a job. Sooner or later I just can't stand it anymore, or they can't stand me, and it all folds up and without income, I have no choice but to go back to my relatives. Every time, this foils my attempts at sustainable independent living.
Right now though I'm working on that again - I feel most comfortable on the road itself, and thus, I'm working on a way to live there. As usual, I'm held back by money.