Surely you have heard the term backpacking? This usually refers to the activity of travelling or going camping while carrying your clothes and other things that you need in a backpack, at least according to the Cambridge English Dictionary. Backpacking has also become glamorous with glamping and more luxe flashpackers. Backpacking has actually become a more widely accepted form of travelling compared to when it was once only for living on the cheap.
It doesn’t matter which mode of travel you choose – the backpacker life or luxuries upon luxuries, it is a great privilege to travel and see the world… to give up your current residential status, quit your job and seek greener pastures.
But be warned, once you've had a taste of the backpacking bug, your life will never be the same. So, we've prepared a list of 33 ways that backpacking will change your life - for the worse! As they say... once bitten, always bitten.
1) You will become a target for Instagram and Facebook envy
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2) You will make too many friends
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3) Your outlook on life will become annoyingly positive
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4) You will lose an appreciation for material items
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5) Your drinking skills will attract disgust when you get back home
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6) Your career goals will change to pursue your passion and may result in less income
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7) Your Facebook news feed will be difficult to understand due to an influx of different languages
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8) Your idea of ‘happiness’ will change
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9) You will become detached from your iPhone
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10) Your dance skills will be compared to the majestic moves of Michael Jackson
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11) You will have a broader understanding of the world
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12) Your ability to adapt to new surroundings can make you more employable
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13) Upon your return home, you will realise your accent can no longer be used to pick up
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14) You will find yourself taking more afternoon naps than usual
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15) You will care more about nature and will begin to be a passionate recycler
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16) Your new need to break comfort zones will result in a life filled with crazy adventures
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17) The meaning of life will change
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18) ‘Boring’ will cease to exist in your vocabulary
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19) ‘Dignity’ will cease to exist in your vocabulary
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20) Your definition of ‘success’ will change
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21) Your google maps will become lonely
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22) You will learn to swear in another language
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23) You will never EVER be able to live alone again
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24) You will become sexier
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25) Your goal to buy a house will either be postponed by 5 years or will become non-existent
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26) You will become one of those annoying people that can play an instrument
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27) Your parents will begin to worry about your life decisions
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28) When you return home to your 9 to 5 job you will question your very existence
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29) You are less influenced by other people’s thoughts
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30) Your definition of ‘distance’ will change
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31) You will become more patient
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32) When you get home you will struggle to come to terms with the idea that day drinking is unacceptable
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33) You might actually find yourself living your life
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Here at Fast Cover, we try not to take ourselves too seriously and this is why we have compiled this tongue in cheek list. Have a laugh with us! Please note we don’t cover examples listed and this is meant to be fun (and true!).
