If you are planning to travel, you should do that right now. No second thoughts or second guesses or even a lot of buts or ifs because of something that you have heard from others. If you do, you will never be able to see those places that you dreamed of and even never be able to know yourself better.
There are a lot of purposes for traveling. Most people travel because they want to have fun and spend a good vacation, away from the stressful life they have back from their homes. Others are going on a business trip while the rest do it for reasons not mentioned. Instead of traveling for these reasons, travel for a reason that it will make you a person than yourself yesterday. Below are the things that you will learn if you travel for such a reason.
- You will learn to live alone. There are people who cannot cope with travelling alone and are more comfortable with travelling in groups or with a company. It will be your greatest gift to yourself if you know that happiness comes from within and not from without. Choose to have lunch alone and sit there for a long time and learn to observe all the people that come and go. Learn to love yourself during this time as well.
- You will be amazed how trustworthy strangers can be. This is one of the greatest benefits of travelling, especially when you are foreign to their lands. Whenever you ask for assistance, strangers do not hesitate to help you during your time of need. You can do random kindness as well, no matter the time, place or condition you are presented with.
- You also learn to live below your means. This does not mean that you should live in poverty but you learn to spend on things with lesser cost and be able to recognize the fortune you are blessed with.
- Learning to adapt to constant changes. You have to accept that not everything goes your way.
- You will be forced to live out of your comfort zone. If you are in a country where their native language is something different from yours, you will need to learn them in order to make new friends.
You will see a better place and world compared to what you have experienced before. You will be happy that you have embarked on travelling just to make yourself a better person.