So I've been having a case of the wanderlust lately.
I'm not sure if it is intensifying as the world starts to get back to normal and people can start traveling again, or if it's because I just need to travel.
I'm sure it's probably a combination of both, well probably more because I need to travel.
Actually, let me put it differently. I want to travel.
I was talking to someone recently and telling them how much I want to travel. And I don't mean a vacation - I mean traveling!
I went on my first real traveling adventure much later in life than I would have hoped. I went to Europe in my mid-30s.
That trip changed my life. I got to see and actually experience the world instead of watching travel programs on television. I walked in the historical footsteps of a time and era long gone but its remnants still remain. Being in another country, all by myself, was a truly humbling and overwhelmingly beautiful experience. I learned so much about myself. While I pushed my boundaries and limits, I learned what I was capable of. I returned refreshed and happier and had an improved positive outlook on life. I returned a different person.
It was that jolt of energy that I needed and was missing from my life.
I know that traveling isn't such an easy option for many people. For me to tell you to travel would be a huge disservice. So I won't.
But I do want to encourage you to feed that part of your life. Feed that need to experience new things. It doesn't have to be done through travelling. Find local experiences that can feed that desire to open your mind to new possibilities. Read a book about a country or culture you don't know anything about. Go to a restaurant that serves food you're not used to. Learn a new language just for fun.
Life gives us so many opportunities and experiences that we don't know are there because we sometimes choose to not see them or we forget that it's there.
And if you ever do have the opportunity to travel, take it! I leave you with the quote down below.
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