Day 14 – What did you learn from traveling abroad?
Geeze! How do I answer that question? I'd have to tell you to read my blog, all the content has been influenced by what I’ve learned from my travels.
However I will tell you this. You never really know someone until you travel with them.
When was the last time you were in a completely foreign place? Language? Transportation? Food? Schedule? Culture? Food? People?
In my experience, those are the moments when you’re completely yourself. I believe we are all a product of our environment, but who are you when you’re no longer in your environment?
When contemplating on what made me happiest in this world, most my memories were while I was traveling, that’s not to say traveling doesn’t come with its own set of challenges but I thrive in those circumstances. I didn’t know that until I traveled.
In my Buddhism class we discussed harmony, the way we live when we find something we are passionate about and it promotes a beautiful harmony between what you’re feeling and what you’re doing. Well, when I travel I am my favorite version of myself.
I’ve been sitting here staring at my computer screen contemplating how to best explain what I am trying to say and then it occurred to me I am just trying to explain passion, and that is like trying to explain a color or a flavor and all you have are adjectives cause experiencing food or sight isn’t translatable, its an experience, and experience is too personal to share exactly like it is.
So instead I will tell you what traveling taught me, it taught me what passion is, and passion drives my life. Without knowing that passion I can’t tell you what my life would become.
Travel teaches me to live.
WildJunket's: 8 Things I’ve Learnt While Living Abroad
BootsnAll: 10 Important Life Lessons You Learn From Living Abroad
D Travels Round: Travel lessons from the Merchant Marines
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Day 01 – Favorite place(s) you’ve been to?
Day 02 – Where you’d like to travel next?
Day 03 – An adventure/challenge you had while traveling or living abroad.
Day 04 – A picture of you in another country.
Day 05 – What do you bring with you when you travel?
Day 06 – What does “home” mean to you?
Day 07 – Besides people, what did/do you miss from home?
Day 08 – A favorite food from another country/culture.
Day 09 – A favorite foreign movie.
Day 10 - A song you like from another country/language.
Day 11 - Did you have any milestones or “firsts” while traveling or living abroad?
Day 12- Someone who influenced you to travel abroad.
Day 13- A favorite travel quote.
Day 14- What did you learn from traveling abroad?
Day 15- Advice to someone who’s thinking about traveling to another country?
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