Can't stay in one place

I can't seem to stay in one place for very long. I don't know what it is. I just want to keep leaving, I get so sick of everyone and everything around me. I hate routine. It's so boring.

I moved back to my hometown 3 months ago, and got a full time job to stay busy. Buuuut here I am, wanting to pack up my car and leave again. Some people just say I'm a gypsy. Is it that? Or am I just too scared of routine? To sit at my desk job all day, not getting to feel the fresh air on my face for 8 hours everyday. Routine sucks. Maybe I'm just not ready for the adult life. I'm 23... I should be ready.

Is it bad that I can't stay in one place? It probably doesn't look good on my resume that I keep leaving my job after only being there for 6 months.. Sigh.

Some people just go where the wind blows them..It doesn't help your resume to keep moving..I'm an Irish traveler at heart so I've moved around a bit positive vibes your way

I can totally relate to how you describe the feelings of restlessness, boredom and resentment of routines. I also think that you might be a little hard on yourself; you're at an age where you're really still learning about what you want and what will make you happy. Its ok to keep your options open.

Do you feel like you're afraid to commit to one thing/job, or that once you do, you will regret it? I think that's where the issue might lie with you. Maybe you're afraid of settling for something that you might resent later? Or perhaps once you've committed to something, you worry about having to maintain what it takes to make it work in the long run and doubt that you can do it?

What is it about routine that you believe sucks so much?

I am starting to notice my commitment issues more clearly now. Not just with jobs but relationships as well. I am not 100% sure why I hate routine. I crave new, anything. Adventure.

I get that I'm still young and it's okay to want to go see the world. I'm just worried that later in life it's going to affect me. What if I have kids, and I move them around the country? That's no life for a kid. I don't want to do that, and I definitely don't want to resent anyone for keeping me in one place for too long.

I have been at my new job since December. It was fine for a couple weeks. But now I'm so bored and tired. I'm exhausted every day. I hate looking out my window and knowing I can't get into my car and drive off somewhere.

Yeah, commitment is scary stuff, I get where you're coming from.

Part of me wants to believe that as humans, we have this capacity to evolve all the time and therefore what worked in terms of a job, relationship, etc., at one point may not be a good fit for us later on. In that vein, it would seem natural to want to move around/try different things, see different places and so forth. Yet the other part of me says that in order to function as a grown up in the world, sometimes we have to suck it up and conform to routine, societal expectations and the like. And believe me, that line of thinking makes me very uncomfortable so I really can relate to a lot of what you're saying.

Could it be that at this job you're just not feeling very challenged? Do you have a sense of what you're passionate about in terms of what you'd really love to do for a career at this point in time?

Looks like you do NOT belong in a boring office job. I love routines (but not boring office work). Plenty of jobs require risk taking, travel, and what other people would consider too much adventure. You're young and it sounds like there's nothing stopping you from pursuing more exciting careers.

Me, I want to settle in one place and never leave, but then I'm a gardener who likes fruit trees and developing my soil. So you can see how it's relevant. But for me, not boring in the least.

I'm 38 and I've been that way my whole life. Instead of trying to force myself into the traditional American lifestyle, I'm trying to create a life for myself that allows me the freedom to travel. My goal is to get an RV and travel around the country. I'm really sick of moving.