Ha!!
Ha and Ha!! What can I say??? You made me feel like a outcast initially when you said humans are social beings(: … I am the most unsocial and distanced person on earth, less distanced than before though.
And I can never have meaningful relationships and infact I am closeted in toxic relationships, I want to shield myself from.
But inbetween for a few years in my 30’s I travelled and yess, it changes you, it changed me. You do eat different food, you see new places, have new experiences and even have interactions. It’s opens up your mind!
I travelled and stayed all alone in a roach infested hotel, just to check out lake region. I travelled in places vibrant with lovers in the park, all alone again just to explore.
What I learned is… you learn to be comfortable with yourself, accept yourself, open up, take charge of your life, be responsible, be comfortable in your skin!
For me travel is never a easy option because for women travelling alone is unsafe so family thinks… so I don’t have the freedom!
Ha… now I can’t travel…no money, no time, but even then I am glad for the travel I did. I even trekked and when I trekked I was actually old also 31… it was hard but I managed to climb the submit, small hill landscape! Then I never could trek, again restrictions, time contraints, pressures of life.
So… I can’t travel much… but I can vouch that having good people around you is good, and travelling with good companions is good as well..
I emphasise this same point in the article I written where Bilbo baggins, his journey doing an adventure, stepping out of his comfort zone as he did in the hobbit. I think you will like it.
@mintymile/life-lessons-from-the-hobbit
As for me – I am very unsocial, I can’t maintain relationships, I are not lonely I was earlier, and rarely I meet and greet people but only select people who understand I am isolated because of some discomfort and don’t push.
I never had my social and coping skills built up because I had childhood issues. But it don’t matter. The social media connects me with others though which I chat with like minded people, share stories, so I am not completely isolated I guess. They actually like conversing with me!
Now, instead of travelling I want to change society – climate change, make society better, instill positivity for my future generation, so they travel and enjoy life as free humans! I hope I can do something, always aspire too! Because places are not as nice as before destroyed due to pollutions, tree cutting and dirty tourist pollution.
I actually got a travel writer tag in Hive you know – I am identified as a excellent travel writer, but very limited time experience. It’s wonderful writing travel blogs, reliving that experience with the picture and here only I connected with so many people, of different nationalities too.
But now I don’t know what sort of writer I am… I was web3 writer untill I am not able to write that well on web3 this year, I am picking up though. I don't want to lose that tag, even if I lost tag of being a travel writer!
Anyway…
RE: TRAVEL, TRANSFORM AND THRIVE