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Travel to Learn Life Skills and LIfe Lessons - Solo Traveler
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Solo Travel
Those who travel solo are even more likely to learn about themselves as well as the world as they go.
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Unusual things solo travel can teach you
- Going solo you learn to manage the details.
- Traveling alone you can develop a sense of direction. Being solo means being the only navigator.
- Traveling solo you can build physical strength on your terms like walking 80km in France in 6 days.
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- To be more patient when things do not go as planned - and it happens on every trip.
- To leave your comfort zone. It's exhilarating to forget what's familiar for a bit and expand your horizons.
- To be more curious. Being in new territory will probe new ideas and curiosities.
- To appreciate other cultures.
- To live simply. You can survive with very, very little.
- To make friends with strangers as travelling make you desperate for human interaction.
- ...but to also embrace your solo travel experience. You will come home with a new sense of independence.
- To try new things as what you do at home doesn't always work when you travel.
To think creatively. Sometimes it takes a little thinking outside of the box to get by.
To find beauty in small things that you did not notice before you started your trip, like a home-cooked meal.
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Stepping in the unknown
While it can be quite scary, stepping out in the unknown is necessary every now and then.
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Train your mind to defeat uncertainty
Recent research has shown that uncertainty scares people even more than knowing that things are going to actually end up badly.
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Admit you're confused
That’s the first step toward clarity: admitting we don’t have it.
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Ask your advisors for input
When you start sharing your problem with your closest friends and colleagues, you'll receive invaluable insight about the direction you should go.
You'll receive both confirmation and pushback. But what emerges from this give-and-take will give provide you with a sense of clarity.
Solicit your tribe’s feedback
... and then spend some time processing it.
Now that you have feedback from the sources that matter most, you need to reflect on it. Part of that process is to get alone, reflect, and journal.