- Getting away. Travel offers a feeling of FREEDOM that you can't get at the office-- being able to do anything any time of day and any day of the week.
- Finding different ways of doing things. Travel gives insight into other cultures that cannot be understood from textbooks alone, and it gives us a unique perspective on our day-to-day lives.
- A simplified form of living. The traveler is engaged in and aware of every decision he or she makes from the moment of awakening to the moment of sleep.
- Sunrises, sunsets, and landscapes. The natural world offers an inexhaustible supply of food for the spirit.
- Meeting people from all walks of life.
- "In the end, I meet me." The endless journey of self-discovery.
- It is something you just cannot live without anymore.
We can all agree that the reasons for traveling are worthwhile; it is the HOW that seems to be the mystery for most of us. Most often when we tell people that "no, we are not going to school or getting a job, we are traveling the world," they respond with a big smile, lots of excitement, and some excuse as to why they haven't traveled yet, ending with a wistful sigh and a long stare into the distance. The excuses typically revolve around money, age, and time. And often, people will try to figure out how our situation is different from theirs in some significant way which allows us to manage a trip like this. My advice is to stop looking for the differences and start seeing ways in which you can get out there in whatever way you can. I would recommend to those of you who are interested in traveling to not let the struggles with HOW become one of the reasons WHY NOT. Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen," and I support that philosophy wholeheartedly.
So I suppose rather than ask us why we are doing this, it might be more beneficial for US to ask YOU: Why not??
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