Why do you travel?
Why travel? Some people travel because they want to escape; Some people travel because they are chasing something. Some people want to escape from the reality of the work and cruelty, escape from lovelorn and frustrated, escape the difficult situation that they can’t solve.
They travel in exchange for an environment, change a group of people, replace the familiar habits of life.
What about the people who are chasing something?
Most of them believe that reading or traveling, body and soul always have a need on the road.
Some people travel to chase a person, walk their path; and some people travel to chase the beautiful scenery, open up their horizons;
Some people travel for the food, taste all over the world, after all, only food and beautiful scenery will not disappoint us in this world.
To me, what is the meaning of travel?
On the plane, on the train, on the bus, I asked myself many times.
My answer is: To meet more people, more things, and also meet a better self.
So what does travel have to do with makes me better?
I travel because I decided to.
It's never easy to make up your mind.
This explained why most people want to travel, but only a few really take action.
My colleague, James, wanted to travel for almost a year, but he never takes any action.
When he heard that I plan to go abroad during the holiday, he started to ask me some questions.
How much does it cost? Is the visa difficult to get? What about the language barrier?
Cost about $6,000, you can get your visa in less than 7 working days, about the language barrier, know the basic should be sufficient. If not, you can download a translation app.
Is that so? But what if my passport hasn't been done yet?
Just take a leave and do it, there are still one month left. You still have the time.
But I can’t speak Chinese, and I heard that the city is not safe, I feel a little afraid.
I think it is still quite safe, just search online for where to visit is also not bad.
But to be safe, no matter where you go, you need more vigilance to protect your goods.
Oh, forget it, I’ll just wait for the next time.
In the end, James didn't want to go.
The similar dialogue took place at the beginning of the year when I was planning a trip to an island in the country, without the need for a passport or visa, without the language barrier.
But James is still in the fear of self-conceived not to go, and then tell himself: "Maybe next time."
And every time I come back from travel, he will say: “I should go with you!”
"I went on a trip because I decided to go, not because of my interest in the landscape," Marquez said.
Those who do not travel because they just think, and do not make up their minds.
What is the concept of making up your minds?
Making up your mind refers to a person decided to do one thing, in order to achieve, will do planning and risk assessment, willing to go through the unknown experience, willing to bear the results whether it is success or failure.
They see only the goal and seldom see the obstacles. In other words: they don't set limits on themselves.
What trap us is not the steel-cast cage, but the high wall we built in our heart.
So, those people who take the initiative to go on a trip, they have at least broken the walls of their hearts.
Instead of using someone else's mouth, they walk with their own feet.
Travel is the process of solving problem
You admire the beautiful scenery than your friends shared on social media, but you don't know how far they've gone to chase the scenery.
You envy the food that your friends shared, but you don’t know for them to have this meal, asked how many people, how much money they spent.
Travel is never a very comfortable thing.
Instead, it is a process of asking for trouble.
If you want to be comfortable, then don’t go out on holiday, don’t travel, just stay at home, stay in your familiar environment, or watch tv series all day, that will be much better.
The group tour will be more comfortable that self-tour, at least you don't have to worry about the schedule and transportation.
But self-tour is not the same, you have to do the planning, buy the tickets, apply for Visa, make hotel reservations, determine the sights and travel itinerary. You also have to deal with every meal on every trip.
So, how much trouble? Too much.
You have to deal with all kinds of people. Deal with currency exchange, the ticket time need to match with your holiday time; the hotel cannot be too far away from the attractions or restaurants you want to go.
Food that you want, the scenery that you want to see, you need to find and go yourself.
Can’t sleep well on hotel’s bed, not accustomed to the food? Sorry, you just have to endure it, because you are abroad.
Of course, if you are the person who is full of curiosity to see all the world's scenery, you will feel that this is a new experience, then you will know to tolerance and acceptance.
So, those people on the road, they are jumping out of their comfort zone, and exploring the world and solve the trouble.
Travel lets you see the nature of many things
2 o'clock in the morning, finally catch the plane to come back home.
On this trip, I suddenly realized that the essence of many things in the world, which is repetition.
Big to the Earth's rotation, small to work and eat, whether it is the law of the universe or the world, everything is a repetition.
The customs officers repeatedly checking the passports and visas and stamped them.
The stewardess keeps repeatedly checking the ticket and passport and guide you on the plane.
The flight attendants on the plane repeatedly reminding passengers to fasten their seat belts and keep checking all the settings.
Drivers constantly fetching different passengers on similar routes.
The tour guide takes the tourists along the same route every day.
The sellers use the same words every day to sell seafood, various ornaments, and travel experiences.
Our travel and distance, from another angle, is another person's work and drift.
Holidays, in fact, we are out of the daily repetition of work, enjoying the service other people repeatedly provide.
Travel gives you the power to be a better self.
Kakuta, a senior traveler and writer in Japan, said: "Travel has a magical power, things encountered during travel, indeed have the ability to change the values of travelers, life and personality."
The people who decide to travel, for whatever reason, choose to spend time in a way that "goes far and meets the unknown."
And our life is the way to spend time.
Some people use travel as their own rite of life, some people travel to say goodbye, and some people travel to make good memories.
The writer has once held an example of work and travel: A senior executive planned for family's holiday plan, but before the departure, the company suddenly took a big project, the time to complete is during the days of vacation.
He struggled for a while, decided not to travel, and stay to work. The writer encourages him to go travel instead because when comes to work, you won’t remember much details about your work, but you will certainly remember the family vacation.
Besides, this is the annual leave that is supposed to be.
People who travel will work in a better state and mood because they have the power to be better themselves in the journey of life.
So, whether it is doing the things you like, or to travel, meet the new things are living with life to nourish life.
No matter what you encounter on the way, accept it, and be happy, have the power to face it and solve it.
I'm glad you took off.
I’m glad you are making memories.
I’m glad you have regained the sense of ritual in life.
Are you ready to go?
If so, please prepare a young heart and an adult's wallet.
May you always be on the road, may you live the life I have never seen and understood.
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