The answer to whether you are walking or wandering often changes from season to season – life is fickle in that way. We asked some of the folks we most admire to reflect on whether they feel like they are walking or wandering and have shared some of their responses below.
Sham Moussaoui
This might be the most relevant question pertaining to my journey. It’s been around 5 years since I ‘restarted’ my life to became a vagabond, a solo hobo (homeless traveler who works as needed), and embarked on an all-encompassing mission of self-discovery. Read more>>
Jorge Vega
I’m walking in a path that’s been set before me—not just to build a business, but to fulfill a calling. My purpose is to reach back and raise the next generation by equipping them with the tools, skills, and wisdom they need to succeed. This is bigger than profit or position. Read more>>
Sara Love
Can I do both? But in all seriousness, on the trails, for safety and environmental concerns, I never leave the path. However, in life, the past year I have wandered so far off the path I almost do not recognize myself. I started the year on a path but knowing that I was stuck and needed a huge change. Read more>>
Roger Baldacci
I’m definitely wandering. I spent most of my life on a very straight path, and now I’m allowing myself to explore. Meeting new people, trying new things, seeing new places, and staying open to where life leads next. It feels less about following a plan and more about taking in everything life has to offer. Read more>>
Alyssa Smentek
I am wandering a path right now. For sure. I am wandering a path, with optimism and knowing now more than ever what I believe in. Part of what I believe in is that… every bit of life is an expression, and those expressions make up reality. The path is beautiful, it’s fulfilling, and it is showing itself more and more every day. Read more>>
Sami Schmidt
I’m walking a path—but it isn’t a straight one, and it isn’t borrowed from anyone else. I can see the traditional route to building a successful business, and I understand the structures that make it work. But I’ve never believed success has to look linear. Read more>>
Farrukh Addnan
Yes, absolutely—I am walking a path. It is a path of investigation, of observing how life is constantly transforming around us. The world is changing rapidly, shaped both by human interaction and by natural forces, and I feel compelled to stay attentive to these shifts. To walk in the right direction, I need to keep exploring, looking closely, and questioning what I see. Read more>>
CaTyra Polland
Right now, I’m wandering. I am doing the things that I love but not as often as I’d like. I’m still tied to some things out of obligation/necessity such as working a full-time job that isn’t fulfilling. It’s a balancing act between doing what I love and tolerating things that I don’t enjoy. Read more>>
Ian Helm
I’m definitely doing more wandering than path-finding these days, but honestly if you’re acting confident right now about your arts career, I’m real suspicious of that. Like when people are having a hard time making ends meet with crappy jobs they don’t care at all about, the idea of doing it with a career of choice? That’s just too rare to count on, I think. Read more>>
Hannah Schlichter
I am a huge fan of wandering. Whenever I travel, I love to make no plans, and just wander around different neighborhoods and streets and see what kind of people I can meet and good food or coffee I can try. I try to implement this elevated feeling of traveling when I am in my own local city, Long Beach, California. Read more>>
Leauxeyed
Going where my toes point. I’m a firm believer in predestination. Where I’m meant to be is exactly where I’ll end up. You can call it purposeful wandering. Read more>>
