How to convert "Travel Dreams" into reality
Why is your travel resolution not working?
Ask people about their New Year's resolution and they will probably babble at some instant about travelling more. Yeah, it is always there in their resolution, just like going to gym for attractive body and eating good food for sustaining health.
When you dive deep into your thinking it could be possible that you are too afraid to commit yourself to the task and that fear of failure is keeping you in your comfort zone. So, whenever the thought about travelling strikes in your mind, you start to make excuses like "Nah, I can think that tomorrow, there's plenty of time. This work is more important", and the days pass by, the weeks pass by and you are there again with a new notebook ready to write new New Year Resolution that is never likely to happen.
So what's that resistance? Why is it always you want to do something and although it is interesting at the initial phase, the plan gets dismissed after sometime.
People always tend to live in their comfort zone. This zone is wonderful and cosy but nothings grows here. And it is really difficult to get out of this zone because it takes a lot of courage and dedicated mental energy. The real act of personal development is difficult as it needs a lot of patience which people are not ready to provide anytime soon. People also tend to think that travelling is expensive and they can't afford. It is a large misconception and people easily get demotivated as the expense seems far out of reach. But the truth is far from the reality people tend to believe. Travel = expensive hotel/rooms is just a myth people believe and continue to follow. The truth in fact is not exactly what people seem to believe. If enough research and proper planning is done, travelling can be extremely fun, easy and cheap as people might believe. So, let's work a little and see how and why you should travel more this year.
Why Travel More?
1) Travel helps you discover yourself
Travelling is one of the most promiment thing you could do to interact with other people, their life-style and thoughts. What makes travelling a piece of an art is that you can immerse yourself with the outside world which you have ignored for a long time and you can free from inner battles that you've fought for so long. It helps you to clear and settle a better and bigger picture of the world which was previously just a limited set of beliefs. You will get to learn the thinking of other people and also it will contribute in thinking more that ultimately increases your creative thinking capability. You will be mindful as you will be paying attention to the things you see around yourself as this will thus help you in generating solutions for life problem and flow the stress out of your life. This may sound like an advice from 65-old grey-haired Professor sitting and whining in his dusty chair, but believe me once you start to explore there's next addiction to it.
2) Gives you a purpose
Now this is one of the main theme of travelling. When you visit a new place you are likely to see new thiings, experience new things and know unknown things. This is what makes travelling much important. You'll be a different person as now you've travelled and discovered several new things. You see problems floating apart in the society and you sub-consciously cultivate a seed of goodness for those ill-things. You begin to see problems and you try to figure out why is it there and is there a way I could be of any help. Now, this necessarily may not be the case for every traveller out there, but it surely broadens your mind in how society and people work and co-ordinate and it sure helps you to make a bigger picture.
3) Makes you more skillful
Well, you may have read hundred of self-help book and it may have never really worked out. You wonder what in the hell is wrong with you and why it doesn't work as you plan. Those book may give you the idea of what and how to do, but it is upto you to do those things and take action. Without action, all those reads are useless. Similarly, you may have learnt a lot of things from books and magazines, but real life skills like patience, effective communication, negotiation, creative learning all comes from travelling. Learning to deal with the people who speaks different language, learning to deal with hotel manager to accomodate serives at moderate price, asking a complete stranger about your destination when you're lost helps you gain valuable insight and real-life skills that gradually changes you to a person with confidence and great will power.
How to travel more?
1) Learn a skill that's useful
Learning a new skill is never too late. There are many skills that you can gain so that it will help you to get out in the world. Bartending, DJ, Singing and other hobbies may help you gain money if you suddenyl run out of money while travelling. Running out of money when you're travelling may not seem like a good idea but their no certainty that it won't happen. So soft skills that may yearn you some generous amount in case of trouble is an asset. There are numerous examples in the internet where people have travelled world just with their skills. For this you could be better associated with the people of similar interest. For ex: if youo know how to produce Electronic Music, you could be part of a club or similar gang of people and travel to different places while performing. It will certainly help you gain some fame and money too.
2) Save a generous amount of money
When it comes to travelling, the topic of discussion is always money. Without money it's not going to happen, I don't know how much money I will be needing, I cannot save enough money, I have this problem, I have that problem and whatnot. The truth however, if you really have a deep interest in travelling, you should be able to save money and learn how to spend less on items that are really not necessary. This particular skill is very important because once you start travelling, it is really important for you to manage your expenses. You could probably cut off expenses on movies, Netflix, nights-out, uncecessary products and all those crappy things you buy just to show off. Start off slow and start to save for your travel. Saving a generous amount daily can result in great amount and when you start to save you really get a sensation and rush of motivation to carry out your travel goals.
3) Become a digital nomad
"Nomad" is a greek work which means the one who wanders for pasture. Digital Nomads, however are those people who work as they move. A digital nomad is a person who works while he travel. The work may range from his skillset to the things he does on regular basis, particularly it all deals with business. People who know to use a computer and are willing to live such life has always succedded in travelling the world and making money. As already stated, if you have a particular set of skills, it is always going to help you. The work may range from developing a website, selling certain product or even blog/vlog. Here, the idea of being productive over being busy comes handy. One of major things you can follow to successfully travel and become a digital nomad is freelancing. If you have a business already Running, you can shift it to Online and start to make a good money out of it. You can also start an Online Business, but it takes time for the build-up and once you're onto it, there is always chance of travellling and making easy money.
Final Words
Travelling is one of the best thing in which you can invest after yourself. You should really keep track of expenses and save little by little for travel fund. Travelling helps you re-discover yourself and fire new purposes in your life. Travelling can help you unleash your new inner power which you never thought existed. Travel helps to broaden our vision and set of beliefs.
If you really want to travel and explore more of the world, NOW is the right time. There are no perfect season and there is no perfect job with which you can travel forever without any regret. You start today and start with what you have. It's time, yes NOW to convert that New Year "Travel Dreams" into a reality.
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