Why You Should Travel
March 4th, 2009. Published under Recreation and Leisure. No Comments.
Everyone dreams of traveling but most people don’t do it. Fear keeps most people from traveling. When I first went away in 2006, people always wished they could do what I was doing. For some people it is easy to just jump ship and travel. We have it in us all along and we just need a gentle nudge. For me, all it took was a trip to Thailand and jealousy before I was quitting my job and telling my friends I was going to travel. For others it is a lot harder. They are more tied down, more afraid, more uncertain. They want to do it but, instead the nudge I needed, they need a full on push.
Looking for reasons? Well here are some good reasons why you should travel the world and why now is the best time:
There’s a recession. With the world economy in a tailspin and businesses are cutting jobs, there is a lot of economic uncertainty in the country. Avoid it all. Go out and travel. If you leave your job, sell your stuff and travel, you wont have to worry about the recession. Youll be avoiding it. In fact, prices are falling as the tourist industry tries harder to get travelers to travel. Come back when the economy is better and the job market more secure. Let others worry while you go out and have fun.
You make a lot of friends. Even if you travel alone, you will never be alone. There are millions of people traveling the world everyday and you will bump into quiet a few of them. Traveling will allow you to make friends from around the world. Something you can’t do by sitting at home.
It is better than being behind a desk. Working sucks. Sitting behind a desk for eight hours, commuting to work, worrying about bosses and reports is not our idea of enjoyment. Lets face it, between worrying about next months bills or sitting on a beach in Asia, everyone would select the beach.
Its not as expensive as you think. People thinks that traveling is expensive but its not at all. You can travel quite cheaply by using low cost airlines, staying in pensions, and by taking local transportation. It doesn’t cost the locals a lot to live and it shouldn’t cost you either.
You learn about other cultures. The world is a big place and globalization has made it much more complex and interconnected. You’ll never begin to understand all the other players in the world or why people do what they do by sitting at home. Traveling will teach you about other cultures and people and make them more than just a face on the news.
Because, like Yoda said, do or do not. Why spend your life thinking about what might be when you can just do it. Its not that hard to travel you just have to have the will to do it. Don’t live life with regrets- get up and get going. NO ONE ever regrets a trip like this. NO ONE.
Traveling is a life changing experience. There’s no reason not to go. As you can see, there are plenty of reasons why you should go. All you have to do is get up and go. There’s no secret. Just move. You live once.