Not having had many chances to travel in my life, I find it rather interesting how people who travel become addicted to it and take it as a motivating factor in their lives. It seems like their focus shifts from making a career to making money for travelling. To some extent, I understand that it’s a fact that once you start knowing things and you get exposure to the world, the more you realize how less you know. Living in our own bubble makes us believe we are moving forward with all the knowledge we need. However, there's a quote that I am reminded of every time I feel I know enough:
“The more you know, the less you think you know”
Do you understand the depth of this quote? The more you get t know about this universe, the more you realize how there is so much more to know about and that the information you have doesn’t even sum up to 1 percent of the facts there are to know in this world.
Trying to understand the differences travelling makes to our lives and finding a connection between travelling and self-realization, I started reading up peoples stories and talking to travellers. Here are some brief descriptions of the pointers I have extracted during this process.
⦁ For the first time, it will be all about getting out of your comfort zone and getting to know the realities that offer a different perspective towards life. You have to talk to people from different cultures who might not even understand your language. A lot of people who are actually comfortable talking to people also find themselves uncomfortable in such situations. Going to a place for the first time means that you are stepping out to new experiences which may or may not be necessarily pleasant.
⦁ Let's be honest, we have seen people gaining so much more confidence once they start travelling! It is the same as starting your university life and getting to know people from different backgrounds and different approaches towards life. You may not know too much about the university life but just through that exposure, you feel like you are learning so much every day and gaining confidence in yourself. You make principles for your life and stick to them. That is why people often point out to the fact how you’ve “groomed yourself well” in university.
⦁ Once you start travelling to different countries and experiencing cultural differences, you become more tolerated towards them and start understanding each other. That sense of compassion is actually a good feeling and makes you want to learn more about people and their stories.
⦁ Apart from culture, you also get involved in learning a new language. Learning a new language opens gates to communicate with people who probably have lived a life completely different than yours. It lets you be more expressive and also makes you understand their expressions. Although actions depict a great deal about a person it is the language that further makes you feel the story.
⦁ Wherever you, whether it's within your own country, in a family event, in a conference or in any sort of another event, you definitely get to know and talk to new people. Growing your network is very important for self-growth because this world itself is a social network where nobody can succeed on his own. Everybody needs someone to complete their life story.
Travel further lets you in on bigger networks that may be different from the one you’ve always had. You talk to people, you get to know people and who knows, these are the people you will think of one day when you are in trouble. In fact, it's not even about trouble, you never know why you will bump to and during what time of your life. You will be surprised at the coincidences that life will throw at you once you start travelling and getting to know people. The bigger the network, the better. You don’t want to miss out on a chance of helping someone or guiding someone about something you know. Another plus side is that the more connections you form, the more you will feel how small the world is. Other parts of the world won't seem too far away to you anymore.
Start saving up and you are good to go!
Nice .. Great post
Half of what we learn from travel .. is life
Thank you for your words
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I see that you have already travelled a lot, however sometimes travelling requires money, most people who travel a lot have a different perspectives about places and people, I have only been to a few places but I hope go travel more
This is amazing
Thanks for conveying your experience. I believe compassion toward others to be the greatest outcome of travelling. 🙏🏻
Travelling can do wonders for a person. One of my best friends is what you could have described as an introvert and struggled in confidence greatly. After he completed his degree he decided to go travelling around Africa and came back a different person. MUch more confident and heaps more life experience. Needless to say he also got the addictive side of things as he went again a few times after that. I wish I had traveled more in my younger days (before kids and dogs) but I plan to go again when they flock the nest. Great post, thanks for sharing it with us @jasimg
Living in the US and traveling to over 30 countries, it really makes you a better person learning from other cultures or realizing how tough most of the worlds populations has it compared to the US.
Interesting articles, give a touch to me because I also like traveling and adventure.
I must admit, how beautifully you described your thoughts.
We, humans, are not separate from nature and by exploring the more and more places, we feel unity with the universe. Confidence, relations, exposures, knowledge, worth, each and every word is absolutely true and I have experienced a bit in my life and the journey is still on way. :)
Yupp, throw yourself out there and embrace the uncertainty, the rewards are unimaginable both in terms of the amazing people you meet and the personal growth along the way. 🙏🏼
Start saving up, grab a knapsack and see where you end up ✈️
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estupenda tus experiencias, creo que de los viajes, la comida, las fotografías de todas esas cosas se aprende cada día y son muy enriquecedoras
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All of those are very true, as a traveler I would put it this way:
This is a great post! It's so true that to grow in life - may it be personal growth or growth for career, travelling plays an integral role in getting you out of your comfort zone and gives your life experience a whole new spin.