I’m not a doctor, but just as a friend, I think you should really try to think of dealing with that existential sadness as a priority - not as an annoyance. Spending real time and energy towards improving your mental health could have real impact on every other aspect of your life.
If you don't make accidental friends and events on your travels, they'll become a chore. Learned it the hard way. I travelled, was fun, then learned to avoid the accidents only for traveling to become lonely.
How it works?
- Try hostels (there are hostels where you can get your own room).
- Starbucks and approach anything (same gender, other gender, different gender, animal?)
- Go to random events
- Avoid online tools (like tinder and such). They are a waste of time. Most of the woman expect that you are there for a quickie and have their guards up. Most people turn their guards off when the interaction is "natural".
- Avoid approaching in touristy areas. They are usually for groups, couples, family, etc... leads nowhere.
edit: also don't decline to talk to people you are otherwise not interested in. Most of my interesting interactions started this way. Talk to this, invite me to party, go out together, find new friends, etc...
You won't remember the monuments but you'll remember discussions and human-based interactions.
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And for nomads perhaps taxes; staying 6 months can be dangerous in some cases; even 60 days consecutive for some countries.
Travelled: found it mostly extremely lonely to travel alone. Got sick of seeing the same things (this place's contemporary art museum, that place's famous church). Of course I saw some amazing things but I now think I agree with some happiness researcher who claims travel is best in short < 1 week bursts every few months.
Worked on personal projects. I do get some feeling of accomplishment but mostly I just feel lonely and isolated. At good jobs I had the camaraderie of close co-workers who became close friends and we really collaborated. I tried hanging out at cafes and coffee shops and that's better than staying home but not all that less isolating. The random people that show up are not people I talk to or become close to.
I don't feel "free" at all. I'm sure it's partly in my mind. I might also be age differences. I'm older and need to think about retirement I realize I can't just make any random decision because there isn't time to correct. I tell myself I don't feel free because I don't have enough money to never work again. I do have to do something that earns significant income (enough to retire in 10-12 years). If I did have enough to retire maybe I'd still not feel free like not having enough to do X where X is whatever (fund that project, whatever...) though maybe I'd feel free to do things and never worry about income (volunteer for various things?). Now I don't volunteer because that's not going to help me earn money to retire. I'm not sure I'd volunteer or not.
I'm pretty much completely lost at this point. No idea what I want to do anymore. I waste my days reading HN and browsing the net and working on personal projects that have no future prospects and answering questions on SO. I go to a meet up or 2 a week and that's about it.