They say you haven't lived until you've set foot out of your comfort zone. It's so easy to stay inside this little bubble of safety when you live a routine life from nine to five, but that's not living, that's just getting through your day. When you travel, you burst your little bubble and life bats you the most unexpected curve balls you could imagine. You learn how to be spontaneous, but also how to plan. Preparing for a trip is hard work. There are so many things to think about like getting a visa or thinking of what to pack or making a budget. Traveling is a mental exercise but a physical journey. Sometimes you have to break free from your travel itineraries; it's a remnant of that nine to five life. When you ditch your plans to get explore and get lost in a foreign city, you come back home a more exciting person. Risks are no longer seen as a challenge; rather they become an opportunity. Your mindset changes from "why is this happening to me?" to "what can I learn from this?" As a first time traveler, when you're caught in the rain, miles away from your hotel, your first thought is normally "could this get any worse?" but the jet setter in you now says it's the universe's way of telling you that "my day isn't over because something's waiting for me to discover it." Open-mindedness becomes second nature to you. With every adventure you go on, you are exposed to different people, cultures, cuisine, and fashion. Whether it be Jewish heritage tours through the holy land or backpacking your way through the Camino de Santiago, you are open to try and learn from all your experiences, and you bring your new found knowledge home. Meeting new people is part of the fun. You feel this burst of confidence, for some unknown reason, when you're in a foreign country. Suddenly, it's so much easier to ask for directions if you get lost. Conversations with strangers last the whole night and you don't mind when someone asks to sit with you at breakfast. And finally, you learn to make yourself a priority. You learn to step back from the hustle and bustle of daily life and just breathe the fresh air of new perspectives. When you travel, you learn to take care of yourself and look out for yourself. It's a form of healing and growth.
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