Last month I was caught in a deep spell of introspection about why I allow my life to be dictated by the routine of daily life even as a MGTOW. I am one fortunate fellow to work in a field that I enjoy - science education (in particular physics and chemistry) - but I feel like my soul still isn't liberated. I spent weeks pondering what I want out of life. Years ago I would have responded with the standard house, career, and wife script, but as you might guess, I've dispatched romantic relationships when I realized the love I feel around friends and family sculpts me into a better man than any girlfriend. What do I desire? Is it to return to grad school to advance in my physics career? To pursue a different career? Start a business?

While encapsulated in this guessing game, I realized that these are all excellent avenues to pursue for any man, but each of them relates to my financial situation. I desire an escape, even if temporary, from the same routines that had me even asking these questions.

Recently I've been reading the works of iconic American authors like Walt Whitman, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. These great men broadcast some very sound philosophy for existentialists; I want to pull a quote from Margaret Thatcher: "Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy." Whatever your feelings for her were, this quote has stuck with me for years, and the sentiment is only intensified when I read the works of Hawthorne and others. I want to see this great country; the land, the suburbs, and the cities. Luckily I'm still relatively young, have accumulated an admirable amount of money through hard work, and I have no romantic attachment to women. Furthermore in the last two years my best friends have scattered across the globe so the love that empowers me has dimmed. My convertible is paid off; I have no outstanding debts. I have nothing to lose. I plan on working this school year, selling off all but my clothes, car, and small trinkets - and then pitching my future to chance. I don't want to "tour" the country like many shallow elements of the American middle class. I want to explore it. I have a degree in physics with an extensive background in mathematics and web coding, but I'm willing to work odd jobs to breathe in the freedom that all men contemplate.

My question goes out to the MGTOW community: what parts of the country would you include on your trip? As I said, I'm not prejudiced when it comes to city life or nature.