Dear Younger Self,
You’ve been comfortable on an airplane since you were a toddler and have always viewed travel as a great adventure. Even when your parents divorced and lived 3,000 miles away from each other, flying alone as a preteen was no big deal. You love to plan and anticipate trips and can hardly sleep the night before your departure because you are “trip happy.”
Don’t ever lose that zest for experiencing new places and cultures. Seize any opportunity you get to travel. You’ll learn even more by traveling abroad. Don’t just be a tourist. Get to know the locals and immerse yourself in the culture and language if possible. Learn to appreciate the differences between other’s lifestyles and your own. Assimilate the positive characteristics into your own life when you return home.
While on a trip and exploring Bainbridge Island alone when you were in your 40’s, you found the wall hanging pictured above in a charming book shop on a rainy day and were immediately struck by its wise words. Your purchased it and hung it in your dining room when you arrived home. Those words are just as wise today…so go, visit, learn, enjoy, wander, and grow so you will be a better person when you come back home.
This post is part of a 31 Day Blogging Challenge entitled Advice to my Younger Self. Please click here to find all the posts in this series. You’ll be glad you did!
I enjoyed traveling I my single days. Haven’t really got to do much in a long time.
We just recently got back into traveling after raising the kids, Amanda. I’m enjoying it so much more now that I have decades of maturity since traveling as a youngster.