The Beauty of Traveling
By: Alexandra Forman
Picture this, it's night before vacation, excitement is high and sleep is nowhere in sight. I feel like it is safe to say many of us have experienced this if you have traveled before.There is nothing like the tossing and turning in bed the night before because you can't stop thinking about all the fun adventures coming your way. Personally, I find this to be the best part.
Traveling can have so many positive impacts on a persons life. To start off, it is a great escape from the rest of the world. Staying in the same place, with the same routine everyday can get boring, overwhelming and stressful. Traveling can give someone a break from all that. It allows people to hit the pause button on their lives, and finally get the chance to live in the moment. Whether it is a few days, a week, or even a month, it can be very therapeutic.
Another advantage of traveling is that it can expand your horizons. I was lucky enough to grow up with a mom who has a strong love for traveling. Due to this each year was filled with fun family trips to places like Alaska, Canada, Mexico, and the Bahamas. From a young age I was exposed to different time zones, cultures, weather, and food. As a child this had a huge impact on me. My mind was full of knowledge about other places, and I got to meet and become close with so many people. That is one of the best things about traveling, you get to come in contact with people you never would have, if you had stayed in the same place your whole life. To this day my parents and I will still fly out to California to visit friends they met on their honeymoon over twenty years ago. At 16 I even keep contact with kids I met on a cruise over two years later. That is the beauty of traveling, the life long connections you make with people all over the world.
One other plus too traveling is that it can bring you closer together with those you travel with. Many couples use travel in their life as a way to keep the romance alive in their relationship. This goes for friendships too. You and whoever you travel with are experiencing a beautiful escape from reality together. Sharing an experience like this can strengthen and form life lasting bonds, and create forever memories between one another.
All in all, traveling is something that I believe everyone should do. I know there are people out there who are skeptical and scared, but once you do it you'll never want to stop. The people you meet and memories you make will be some of the best in your life. Everyone deserves to form these connections and be able to experience once in a lifetime moments.
Agreed! I can't wait to travel again!
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