Travel with Serena | My first Steemit just begins | IAM.SERENA

Hi guys!

I just started Steemit. I’m excited to share my traveling life!!!
I’m a traveler / model / dancer / blogger.
More than anything, I LOVE to travel. On top of it, I love to eat, take risks, explore adventures (ex. skydiving), dance, watching sunrise/sunset, beach, taking pictures, meeting new people, new cultures, nature and more!!
I’m going to to share my life, photography, and photography with amazing photographers that I’ve worked with.

Being around photography through my job, I’ve developed an eye for more detail and I want to share beautiful photos of my travels. Importantly, sharing beautiful photos is also beautiful :).
If you guys have any questions about traveling or anything, I’d love to help!!

First picture is taken by a photographer in Mexico, in an amazing sunset in Guadalajara, Mexico.
I used to live in Guadalajara for 7months.
When I’m traveling, I don't like to stay like a short vacation. It's not enough time to see and learn everything about the country and the culture. I prefer stay long term to get to learn their culture and the people, so I can feel something new in my life.

You might ask, "what about traveling expenses??"
Think about where you are right now.
Breakfast, lunch, dinner, bar, clubbing, hangout with friends after work, transportation, buying stuff online that you don't need right now and end up buying it because you just want it. For me it was the same. I spend more money when I was home, because I felt comfortable and was just living my life without any goals. There was always next month salary coming in so I never cared to spend whatever I can. Never ended up saving money, just living day to day, month to month, and the time goes by in a blink of an eye. So I got sick of this life! After traveling, I realized If I went out with my friends and spent $100 dollars versus spending $100 on sight seeing while I'm traveling, I would feel much better spending $100 on sight seeing :).

If you are going to spend money anyways, I’d rather spend all my money on traveling!
When you are traveling, you think more cautiously about money and plan out how you are going to spend it. You even carefully plan and set a budget for yourself for a day. You also have to be aware about the exchange rate since it can make a difference!

My traveling style is minimalism. I actually I felt more freedom because I don't need many things when I’m traveling.
Since I travel very minimal, there are things that can be looked past because I’m traveling. For an example, I don’t have certain clothes for the right occasion, but since I’m a foreigner traveling in a different country, it can be looked past by the local people there.

Everybody has different goals and expectation when they travel and might think, higher the budget is needed to do what meet their goals. I want to stress that when you travel, the point is not about having the biggest budget or worring about how much you need for the trip, instead valuing in what you can get out of traveling with your budget. If you decided ever to take my advice and try it. I'm sure when your coming back home from your travel, looking at the clouds in your seat on the plane, you're going to think, “this trip was worth it” with a smile. You'll learn that next time when you travel, you gain confidence without worrying about having ton of money to enjoy. :)

안녕하세요!

방금 시작해서 처음으로 글써요.
도움이 될지 모르겠지만 제가 가장 좋아하는 "여행"을 공유하려고 해요.
첫 사진으로 제가 과달라하라, 멕시코에서 반년정도 있었을때 선셋을 배경으로 사진작가가 찍어준 사진을 올렸어요. 사진쪽에 일을 하다 보니까 여행할때 제가 보는 눈은 다른것 같아요. 아름다운것들은 공유하면 더 아름답잖아요.

제가 여행할때는 짧게 있는것보다 조금 더 머물러서 그 나라의 사람들과 소통하고 새로운 문화를 배우려고해요.
사람들이 여행할때 저와 다르게 생각하는게 몇개 있는데 그 중 하나는 돈!
솔직히 한국에 있을때 친구랑 놀거나 저녁을 먹어도 차비까지 10만원 정도로 생각하면,
외국에서 쓸때는 환율따져가면서 한번 더 생각하고 쓰게 되는 것 같아요.

안정적인 직업이 있으면 더더욱 아, 다음달 나오는걸로 내면되지 하고 생각없이 쓸데없는 것도 사게 되지만 여행할때는 계획을 하고 물건 하나 사더라도 조심스럽게 구입하게 되거든요.
미니멀리즘으로 살게되니 사는것보다 눈으로 보고 몸으로 느끼고 가는것에 가치를 두었어요.
사실 여행할때 아끼는 것들은 데이트나 좋은 곳에 갈때 잠깐 필요하고 다른날들은 편안하게 혹시나 잃어버려서 울지 않을 물건들을 갖고 다니거든요.

물론 모든 사람들이 여행할때 원하고 기대하는 가치가 다르겠죠.
포인트는 누구는 태국가서 얼마로 여행갔더라 누구는 이만큼 필요하더라 비교하지말고 자기자신이 이번여행에서 어디에 가치를 둘지 잘 생각해서 여행하세요.
그러면 나중에 돌아가는 비행기안에서 구름 위의 경치를 보면서 "가치있게 여행했다" 미소지으면서 다음 여행할 때 더 자신감이 붙을 거에요 :)

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