Why do we need to explore the world alone?

Life is a journey. We're all going to somewhere. Traveling alone is a liberating experience that promotes self-discovery, stretches your comfort zone and feeds your passions. When I travel alone, I’m letting go of the external buttresses that hold my life together. It’s not just the job, the housework and the weekly classes, but the friends and loved ones who give my everyday its specific colour and shape. Without the clutter and comfort of familiar voices, I can see the world more clearly. I started to travel alone cause I broke up with my boyfriend. I lose my job. I got streessing by my parents. I did not know what to do...! I need to take a break from the the world. I tryied to found some freind to join my journey. No one have a holiday. They were busy, they have to wait for their boyfrineds. So, decided to expolre the worl alone. I had been to Laos, Vietnam, and other provinces in Thailand alone. There gave me experiences, meet new people, and freedom to be myself.

I have the freedom to create my own schedule, be social when I want and relax when I want. Traveling alone also opens me up to meeting people and forming stronger connections than I would if I were with a travel mate.

Here’s why you should experience solo traveling at least once in your lifetime.

1. You will be inspired to live a story worth telling.

Most people settle for far too little adventure in their life, and they choose existing over truly living. But as Anna Quindlen says, “The life you’ve had doesn’t have to be the only life you have.”

Nothing can remind you that you’re part of a much larger story than going solo.

2. You will learn there’s no Us and Them. There’s only We.

Everyone everywhere is essentially the same. We hope for the same things. We fear the same things. We want to love and be loved.

When you meet people you once viewed as “them” you realize that the differences between us are insignificant compared to what connects us.

3. You will expand your soul.

Most of our daily experience is confined to a finite, predictable pattern of places, people, and things. Pushing beyond our norm reveals a world is far more wonderful and unexpected than we realize.

Life begins at the edge of your comfort zone.

4. You will own your experience for yourself.

No one can discover the world for you. You can read about other places, cultures, and people all you want, but you’re simply learning facts.

Truly experiencing life requires taking the ride yourself, firsthand. No one can live your life for you, and no else is to blame if you die unfulfilled.

5. You will learn to be more present.

The mind’s autopilot switches off when confronted with new situations and environments. The world comes into sharper focus when you have to pay attention.

Solo travel forces you to be aware and see the world around you, and not simply look at it passively.

6. You will gain new perspective.

We’re all accustomed to seeing only one side of any story: ours. Traveling alone opens you to experiencing daily life through another set of eyes.

There is no better way to learn about your own culture than to see it from someone else’s view.

7. You will turn your new perspective into a new way of living.

Many solo travelers return home with a new paradigm of the world and the role they play in it. They can’t un-see or un-learn what they experienced, which changes not only how they see the world but how they live in it.

If you want to be ruined for the status quo forever, the shortest path is a solo trip.

Cr. Kevin Kaise

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