Cherish Every moment ; either good or bad
While traveling from country to country time seems to fly by. It feels like it was just last month that we left for our first trip to BALI but really it was exactly a year ago. We have learned the more you travel and avoid that repetitious cycle the faster time will go. We notice that because we always rushing to get our work done we don’t take much time to slow down and truly take in the beautiful things around us. Remember time is the most valuable thing in the world and you can never get it back.
Beauty and kindness is everywhere
As we are a “slow travel” couple and we stay in each country for one month we really get to submerge ourselves in the culture of each destination. This really helps us see how amazing it is not only about the destination we want to travel to daily, but also all the little things surrounding us. Also, traveling has not only opened our eyes but it does to our mind as well. Most times we get all of our information from social media or western media that has caused us to see things as media wanted us to see. The only way to solve this problem we get from media is to travel and see by our own eyes.
Before we flew to Philippines, we got plenty of warning from friends and family to be careful as western media said Philippines is dangerous, full of terrorists. Well, we decided to go there anyway and turned out to be one of our most favorite place that we actually traveled. So much thatwe could actually live there. There are countless time that filipino helped us passed through the rough situation; either it be fixing our broken motorcycle, drove us to our apartment without asking for money in return.
The true personality will be revealed and fixed
If you are traveling alone, you will truly find out who you are. Especially how good you are at some certain things; how good you are at coping with certain situations along the road. Also if you are traveling with a partner you will certainly see their true colors faster than in any other situation. Over our first year of travel we have learned about ourself to the greatest level. Especially when we travel on budget, there are plenty of challenges along the way.
Frankly speaking, traveling has fixed our bad personality. We have always considered ourselves as self-focused. However travel has shaped us to look at the world as one main unit where we share resources from mother nature, we shared the home called earth, we shared water from ocean. As a result, we are able to see everything in all dimension and we are able to look at everyone with compassion. This really helps us break into each culture and find out what is considered rude in the places we have traveled likeThailandandBali.
Stepping out of 9-5 job and travel full-time truly reveal us the potential that we can sacrifice so much to keep doing what we love which is to travel. When you are stuck in that 9-5 grind, Things become so routine and guided. Therefore you can’t always push your limits to see what you actually love doing. However, as you break out of your comfort zone and start exploring new places, you can find things that really make you happy.
Don’t sweat the small stuff, but cherish every moment.
The power of Now can best describe this aspect we have learnt from traveling. When it comes to traveling especially as first-timers to new destinations, a lot of things can go way beyond the expectation and can also go wrong very quickly. One of the best things is to never let things or situations you can’t control upset you. It take away all the beautiful experience that you can get. This can be very hard for some who lack of patience. If you can take a step back. Think about what you can do to solve the problem before getting upset life will go a lot smoother.
Don’t Need a Lot to Survive, Also you don’t need a lot to find happiness
Before our first trip we packed so much. From our experience, packing so much can cause more problems than it can actually help. After being on the road for a year we have noticed that life itself is so simple. You only need minimal things to live, survive and enjoy. This isn’t only with clothes but it is with anything. We started to realized this lesson greatly on our trip to Malaysia. We decided to cut cost on checked-in luggage by sharing 1 luggage. Eventually, we were really in shock that everything we truly need is able to pack into a small bag. This also apply to happiness, we do not really need much to be happy. Our happiest moment if you ask us to reflect back. It always involve the simple things like laughing with local kids, enjoying local meals, making new friend along the road.
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