5 Ways Travelling Changes Your Perspective of The World
Travel opens your eyes to the world
Deciding to go on my first solo trip to Australia in November 2012 was one of my best decisions. Before I started travelling, my life was going nowhere fast.
I was stuck in a rut, working in a job that I detested. It took a car crash to make me realise that life is too short to not take risks.
I expected to visit Australia for a year, return home and resume my life. However, I caught the travel bug and have barely stopped travelling since.
This was something I didn’t expect to happen, nor did I expect travelling to fundamentally change my perspective on so many things. Travelling long-term as opposed to going away for a break opens up your mind in ways I didn’t know was possible.
Travelling forces you to face realities which you were either unaware or uncomfortable with. Once you come face-to-face with these realities, you will never look at life the same way again.
Exposing ourselves to different cultures and new parts of the globe is a great way to broaden our horizons and ensure we don’t become entrenched in dogmatic thinking or wallow in a comfort zone.
It was Aristotle that stated, ‘the unexamined life is one not worth living.’ I…
