Why 'travelling' is the best gift you can give yourself ?

Travelling has been an important part of human civilization from centuries. The early man used to travel in search of water, food and shelter. When the early man started living in civilizations, he learned to farm and started traveling in search of fertile land. As more and more civilizations flourished, the man learned to trade and he started traveling for business.

With sands of time, the man turned greedy and started traveling for invasion and loot. Part of the civilization who were called as 'wise men' started spreading their knowledge through the education system and people started traveling for receiving the education. As more men turned wise and aware of right and wrong, traveling for invasion and loot decreased and major traveling was for business and education. 

As the man become technologically advanced, he invented technologies like the telegraph, the telephone, mobile phone and the internet and virtually reduced the distance of miles to zero, which allowed the man to not travel cities-countries-continents for business and education. Now he can arrange a business meeting on video conference rather than traveling to other city and can get online lecture without the need to travel to foreign university.

Most people consider traveling a headache & waste of time and thus are happy to rely on technology as an alternative to the traveling. But they do not realize what they miss when they choose technology over traveling. It is always said, 'the more you see the more you learn' and 'change is the only constant thing', and traveling is the only way to see more and to experience the constant change in life.

Some of the reasons why traveling is the best gift:


The feeling of Euphoria

We humans are blessed with an imaginative mind and when we are traveling to new places which we have never visited before, it paints an image of the place in our mind.

This image is being painted on the canvas of our expectations, excitement, past experiences and our resistance to change. That feeling of ecstasy when that painted picture turns into reality or of amazement when it turns out divergent is what it makes traveling a fun and the reason people still love to travel in this technological dependent world.


Building contacts

While we travel, we meet new people with different beliefs, mindsets, and experiences. This helps us to develop both personally and professionally. While we observe and interact with them, we get to learn things which no book can teach us.

On personal grounds, we get to understand different belief system, different cultures, different living styles and methods to deal with different situations. Sometimes you even get lucky and meet your prince charming or princess Fiona, but do not travel for this intent only.

On professional grounds, we learn from their experiences, are able to generate new ideas from their stories, learn what to do and what not to do in our career and get new opportunities.

This way we develop a unique perspective towards life and a unique approach towards our career which is the result of all the knowledge which was absorbed from countless contacts you made while traveling.


Boosts your confidence

In our day to day lives, each one of us has to face uncertainties in both personal and professional lives. A flat tyre when you are already late for office, or elevator went out of order when you returned home after long day's job, or you find your partner dating your ex. Well, this may sound bizarre, but it is also true that anything can happen in our lives and the main thing is how we handle those situations. Traveling is a tool to make self-comfortable to handle any unpredictable situation in a much better way than we do.

How is that so?
Because traveling gives us exposure to anomalies at every step on which we don't have any control but we have to face them and find a way out of it. This experience of facing oddity helps us to handle uncertainties in our day to day lives.



Try different mode

While we travel, we always have to use more than one mode of transport to reach our destination. Traveling gives us the fun of the feeling of butterflies in stomach everytime plane takes off, the fun of rocking every time train changes its tracks, fun of stopping at a motel for refreshment on a long highway and fun of increased blood circulation when we walk.

The real fun is when you travel to rural parts, and experience an auto rickshaw, jugaad (very popular in rural India), horse carts or bullock carts. All these amusements which you get in traveling via different modes are unparalleled.

Makes you an explorer

When we travel to new places, we desire to see its tourist attraction spots, taste its special dishes. So to explore a new place in a better way, make the checklist of places to be covered according to the time you have, make an itinerary and start exploring,

The best way to explore a place is by taking an alternate route from one place to another when we travel between for more than one time, have our meals at different eating places rather than sticking to one place each time we have your meal outside the home.

Time for yourself

Traveling gives some time for us to introspect and think about matters which we don't in our daily routine. This helps us to get a fresh start with new ideas and strategies which will improve our present condition both professionally and personally.

So, the next time you plan for a video conference, think twice and plan some traveling and I guarantee you will not regret it.