Leave it all behind?

[ImEric12]

I was talking to my friend the other day at about 3am, and he told me in detail about this very interesting thought he had. What would it be like to leave it all behind? Just one day leave. Get a bike, get up any spare cash you have, and bike the states, or better yet, the world. Bike from one place to another. Do odd jobs from place to place to maintain a livable amount of cash, and then just move on. Maybe buy a plane ticket and go somewhere else far away, or international. Think of the people you'd meet, the things you'd see. How awesome would that be?

Now, because of what society has told us, this seems like a perversion. Society tells us we have to 'succeed' in life. We must get a good education, so we can get into a good college, so we can get a good job, so we can get 'higher in society' and 'gain happiness.' But wouldn't you find just as much happiness moving from place to place? Why is this considered 'failure?'

I myself can't bear to free myself from the mindset society has placed on me. I would LOVE to do something like this, most likely with someone else [probably him], but I can't seem to free myself from the "well that will lower my chances of getting into a good college and overall lower my quality of life.' I wish I could free myself from this mindset, because I would really like to do something like this, at least for a few years.


Thoughts?