Is it normal that i want to practice a solitude trip after college?

No friends is kind of sad when you want to go out to do things. To bad you can not just pay people to hang out with you for the day *Sigh*.

Damn I just realized your question is like 10 months old.

Same as me. My parents wanted me to make lots of money. They think lots of money equates to success which equates to happiness, which I found is false. I landed a job at a Fortune 500 company when I was 19 and was very well off for my age. I was respected, and a promotion was soon in my grasp. I got the highest employee rating a manager can give. Yet the money and respect didn't bring me happiness. Just more material goods.

I could have stayed there for the rest of my life, becoming a big shot and going up the corporate chain. But I quit after a year or so, under the guise that I wanted to finish college. To everyone, including my parents, that sounded like a reasonable excuse for quitting. But in truth, the stress and monotony wasn't worth it. So I'm back at College, going down an entirely different path. I would settle for a third of what I was making if I could wake up each day with a smile. I now seek spiritual solace. Maybe enlightenment (I sound corny, sorry). But for sure, happiness. And I found that it won't come from getting a fat check every couple of weeks at the expense of my mental and spiritual self.

I'm not sure how you should break it to your parents, sorry. Just explain to them what you really want in life. I hope they understand.

Good luck.

just go. I hitch hiked all of north America over 3 full summers (3 months each time). best thing I ever did. I then had an amazing international art career for 25 years. made millions. I quit to sleep one day and now it's all gone (long story of thieves, lawyers and an entitled exwife). now I just travel the world and sell my work in Asia and Europe. so go, just go. the experiences will give you more than you can imagine.

I plan on doing a similar thing...but my twist is to join the Peace Corps. It is getting away, giving back, possibly dangerous, or not, depending on where you choose to go, informative (travel!), AND it can go on a resume/impress the family. I guess that only works for a US resident, but maybe other nations have similar programs? There's also Americorps for doing volunteer work within the country.

There are also scholarships available to teach english abroad, or to just take a year at a foreign University, and if you went to a European one their teaching styles are such that you won't be in class all the time, and would have that time you want for reflection/travel, while, again, doing something career-furthering.

Or else, whatever you do, think it through and do have a plan first. I know the big thing in about this for some is the 'randomness' or 'freedom' of just going and doing it, sans plans, but that's just like jumping out of a plane sans parachute...could be fun...might be fun for the first five minutes...but the landing probably won't be that great.

I don't think you should worry about the reaction of others so much. Tell them sooner than later, but be gentle if u are gonna break your mamas heart!