Traveling solo
I know this sounds somewhat childish but I just need to get out of my system. I'm a 18 year old woman and for the past year and a half, I've felt absolutely trapped. I stay at home watching my baby sister 5 days a week, it's easier because I live at home with my parents. While doing online college and taking care of my sister and working on the weekends, and it feels so suffocating. Usually when I feel this way, I go and drive around, staying near to my home because I'm not allowed to go further. I ask my mom if I can head to other big cities an hour or more away just to go explore or drive around, to find something to do, Im always told no. So, naturally, I've starting thinking about taking a trip to England by myself, l've made a plan, found a hotel i like, figured out how I'd get around, things l'd want to do, planned out how much everything is including extra money for food and fun stuff.
I've even started looking into getting my passport, paying for everything myself of course, as well as seeing how many weeks and hours a week I'd have to work to save up for everything. I talked to my mom about it, and she rolled her eyes and called me delusional, then when I tried to talked to her about it again, she said I could go as long as I brought someone, which would not only totally throw off my budgeting, but defeat the purpose of wanting to go by myself and find that sense of independence and freedom.
Maybe I sound irrational and childish, but I feel like this is really important to me. Do I sound irrational and childish?