When the “WTF are you doing” thoughts creep in…
Every time travel on my own there’s a moment when the plane is taking off and I freak out.
“What have you done this time?”
‘What am I getting myself into?”
“Why do I always do this?”
Blah blah and all my anxiety takes over.
When I travel I never know what to expect. I have a general idea of how I would like the trip to go, but then I leave it in the hands of the universe and allow myself to go with the flow.
Yes, it’s lonely at times. No, I don’t know anyone at most destinations. But in exchange, I discover a whole world would I never would have been privy to had I not left the comfortable walls of my house. I meet new people, make friends all over the world and discover that my journey is not only an outward journey, but inwards as well.
When I travel I learn new things about myself, about the world around me, and how so many things we are made to think are important really do not matter at all.
I learn how small I really am, how finite life is. I realize that in every spot in nature that I stand…I will be gone one day, but this will remain. The mountains, the river, the rocks… and someone else will be sitting on it, taking photos, talking about their adventures and enjoying their travels as well.
It’s experiences like these — finding yourself in magical places you never thought existed, unexpectedly meeting and connecting with new friends, or witnessing the hustle and bustle of life going on as usual around you—that make me so thankful for this life.
I discovered that the best way to find lost parts of myself is to remove myself from all the things I think make me who I am and who I think I should be. It’s a stripping away of all the outside accolades and fronts, to where it’s just me, nature, and strangers. It’s a fresh start in life, to be the person you I am without the stifling comfort of familiar surroundings. It allows me to show up for myself in exactly the way I want in that moment.
How do you show up for yourself in your life? Is there a place you want to go but don’t know how or where to start?
Plot twist: There is no right way to start. All you need to do is show up.
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