I wonder, when did this feeling of missing out on the traveling arise?

Currently I cannot wrap my head around the concept that I'll buy a big piece of land with the intent to create a nourishing homestead, a homebase, a place to put down roots, only to sell it because I haven't traveled a lot or seen the world?

Maybe I'm not this type of person, but I cannot imagine if I wanted to travel to ever be thinking about settling down and homesteading.

Was it like a gradual change of mind or was it a sudden change of course, after you realised the kids are going away to the uni?