Traveling. It leaves you speechless and then turns you into one incredible person. People always ask how travel has changed me. The answer you are going to get is straightforward, it makes me modest. How? If I look back at who I was before I began traveling and compare that to who I am now, I would have to say that travel has made me a better, more well-rounded person, I’m way more relaxed now than I was first left to explore the world. I am more confident and sure of myself.
Still doubtful about why you should start traveling? Here is a sneak peek at the list of 8 reasons why travel makes you super awesome.
1. Travelling Boosts Your Self Esteem
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Traveling allows you to have fun, de-stress, see new places and learn new things. You’ll be able to gain a stronger sense of self and purpose in life. Traveling gives you a clear vision, which is backed by definite plans, and that provides you with an enormous feeling of personal power and trust. Feel Like You’re Doing Something With Your Life. When you take the first step to plan your very own trip, yes that’s when the confidence in you comes alive. With sorting out places to visit, things to do, hotels, and whatnot? You end up being more independent and self-confident.
2. Traveling improves social skills
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When you first start traveling, you will come across many difficulties one being interacting with strangers. When you travel you are forced to make small talk and get to know new people. You have learn how to make friends out of strangers and get more comfortable talking to new people. But with time you will realize you have become way more interactive, friendly, and comfortable with the people surrounding you.
3. Travelling Makes You Cherish Small Things In Life
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Traveling is a fun, exciting, and frustrating adventure. It’s also a reminder. Traveling is a reminder to be grateful for all the little things in our lives. With traveling, you start realizing that life is so beautiful and you should always be thankful. You start appreciating little things in life be it the everyday sunrise or sunset.
4. Travelling Gives You The Sweet Memories
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The best thing about traveling is that it gives you incredible and unbelievable moments which you can cherish forever. No book, no video, no picture can justify a place as you will do with your own eyes. So travel my friend whenever you can to have the best of life.
5. Travelling Makes Us Happy
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Travel reminds us how to be happy. You’ll become more relaxed, more confident, and see the world as a brighter place. Once you start traveling you become an extrovert, become more confident; you will have so many stories to tell the world, so many experiences to share. To be precise, you will be one happy person.
6. Travel Makes You More Attractive
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It’s true, travel makes you more attractive, sexier and leaves you with an everlasting glow. Those carefree, relaxing days on the road are going to make you more confident and radiant, and you’ll age slower. Travel gives you stories and stories are attractive – of course it does depend on what the stories are about and how you tell them, but simply having them is a good start
7. Travel Makes You Smarter and Wiser
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Travelling is change, and change makes you smarter because you must adapt – whether it’s to new ideas, new situations or new challenges. You’ll better understand how the world works and how people behave because of all the walking tours you do, the people you meet, and the sights you see. You can read all the books you want but, until you see the world, you’ll never really “get it.”
8. Travel makes you a better person
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Travel is exciting, inspiring, and fun. Travel not only makes you comfortable talking to strangers, travel makes you a better person by helping you discover the humanity in others — and by pushing you to become more compassionate and creative yourself.
Need any more reasons? If these 8 reasons why travel makes you super awesome didn’t motivate you to book your ticket to your favorite destination, then I have no idea what will! Anyway if it did, you are just one step away to become a super awesome person. Happy travels!
