What Traveling Alone Teaches Us About Ourselves

What traveling alone teaches us about ourselves is a deeper process that makes more sense once it’s experienced. It might seem boring or uninteresting at first, until you try it, and then you discover a whole new world. Of course, you want to take precautions to be safe, but it’s definitely something you’ll want to fit in at least once in your life. Here are a few things you might learn when traveling alone.

What Traveling Alone Teaches Us About Ourselves

Our Level of Independence

When you face something new or bigger, it makes you feel stronger, safer, and more secure to have someone by your side. However, setting out on your own to tackle the same type of experience makes you deal with it alone. This really makes you realize what level of independence you have. Whatever level you’re at isn’t bad. However, it’s nice to challenge yourself and step out of your comfort zone. This helps you grow in more ways than one.

Hidden Fears

Sometimes, we have fears we never knew we had until we experience something new and different. Isn’t it crazy to find out that something scared you and you had no clue? It’s almost like dating yourself and diving deeper into the details of who you are. Discovering our fears helps us better manage ourselves, our reactions, and helps us even prepare for less stress and fear in the future.

How Much We Love the Company of Certain People

You never realize how much you appreciate the company of certain people until they’re not there with you. We truly can take advantage of those people who are always next to us during all those big moments in our life. Being separated from those people during a new, stressful, yet fun experience makes you appreciate them a lot more.

Who We Consider Trustworthy Friends

When we’re in a scary or new situation where we feel vulnerable, our mind automatically gravitates towards those people, places, or things that make us feel safe. Sometimes, out of obligation, we may feel like we know what comforts us. However, not until those obligations are removed from the front of our minds might we realize that there are other people in our life that we wholeheartedly trust.

Getting Past Our Guard

Most of us are great at putting up a wall towards other people, and at the same time, inadvertently blocking ourselves from realizing certain aspects of who we are. When our guard is dropped, we’re able to be honest with ourselves and open up a bit more with other people as well. This often takes times where we’re vulnerable and devoting our attention to something, so much so, that we don’t worry about the wall. In these moments, our subconscious gets to working overtime, and certain information we didn’t realize comes to light. I can’t tell you what those details might be, but be if they start flowing, let it happen. When your focus isn’t on a partner or friend, and it’s focused on just you and what you’re experiencing, it’s the perfect time to explore your true, raw self.

As stated earlier, you’ll want to ensure you’re safe when traveling alone. However, there’s no end to what traveling alone teaches us about ourselves.

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