One of the things that is often overlooked when it comes to bettering yourself, is traveling.  Where you might think it does not affect you as much as it does, traveling effects your personal life in a huge way. People find it hard to believe that something so simple can impact your life so much. Travel is a very simple thing to open your mind and experience the cultures of the world. In day to day things, you might find yourself taking the little things for granted; right around you there are so many things to experience, however traveling around the world will give you the most amazing experiences you could ever have.
Opening Your Mind to Experience
Traveling can easily open your eyes. It gives you the ability to experience cultures around the world, and even around your country that may be different than yours. What I find very interesting is that even when say I travel out of state, you will find a different way of life. You will never know what is out there unless you go and travel. What is wondrous about the world, is that you can literally spend your entire life exploring, and you will only have made it to the tip of the iceberg. Humans still are discovering places, species and different things about our world each and every day.
The world has many things to offer, and to experience those, you as an individual have to open yourself to that. Life is much more than just where you live and who you are. There are so many things that have happened in the world before you got to this point, history is utterly amazing, and every place on Earth has a unique history. Even if you aren’t a history buff, being in places like England, France, Italy or even China and Japan, you can feel the history. The right way to think about it is, if history didn’t happen, we wouldn’t be where we are today.
Differences Around the World
Something that is foreign to most, is the fact that everything in the world isn’t the same. We might live in a “1st world” country, and yes it may have some extreme poverty but the way of life still has a certain direction. Other places in the world, they might not have running water, or electricity. Things that we take for granted every day, they are nothing but luxuries. It is easier than not to not be thankful for the little things you have in life, things in which other people in places around the world do not have. Something really crucial to all of this, is you have to understand that there are differences between countries and cultures, not everyone believes in the same things as you do.
Oftentimes if you think about other countries, you might think of something negative happening or that has happened, which is natural since it is what the media shows you. Being able to see past the things and immerse yourself in the cultures you visit, will truly make you an amazing person. Culture and experience are the one things that never will get taken away from you, no matter how hard anyone tries, your experiences in life will be yours alone. Making more of these is what helps you live a long and fulfilling life.
Move Out of your Comfort Zone
One thing that you have to think about when you are talking about travel, is how going to that destination will change who you are. Maybe you never have gone outside of your home city or country, so traveling can have a huge impact on what you do with your life, as well as the outlook you have moving forward to the future. You are comfortable where you are, and change is very tough. The harsh reality is you have to go out and experience things, otherwise you aren’t truly living the precious life you were given. When you grow old you do not want to have any regrets or thoughts on the things you wish you did in your life, today is the right day. Move out of your comfort zone and experience. The way that traveling effects your personal life is something which you will definitely not experience until you do it.
It is eye opening when you hear of entire families that never leave ONE area. Why? That is not the way to live, you are not going to do anything except see the same things that your family has done for generations. You have to get out there an experience the world. The world is such a fantastic place, and we will never see this unless we get out there and explore. The benefit of moving away can be substantial, you have to get past the initial fear and let life take you on its course. You will find that you will be a much more worldly individual and you will radiate with your experiences. From being such a unique individual you have to embrace your change, and if you do, the benefits will fall in more than you would think.
You can’t let fear or society or ANYTHING stop you from experiencing life. It does not take tons of money to do it. Some people take a few hundred dollars and a backpack full of clothes and travel entire continents. Anything is possible, you cannot let something hold you back. Life is short, travel much, live more. What you have is a gift, and you have to make sure that gift is appreciated. When you see what the earth has to offer, you will find that you have a lot more to experience than you originally thought. No matter what, however, you cannot let anything stop you. Life is meant to be experienced, and you are on the front lines as time is passing by.
Traveling has a huge effect on your personal life, and with travel you find how experience translates to living. There are hundreds of countries in the world, and millions of experiences to be had, always do what you can, appreciate the now, and make sure to travel.
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