What Travelling Has Taught Me

When I was young, I never wanted to travel. In fact, I never wanted to leave my house or yard. I used to hate when we would go on vacation. I was always waiting to go back home.

Now that I'm older, I can't sit in one place. I always have to go somewhere. In the past 8 years, I've lived in over 5 different cities, all around the world. I've met so many interesting people. I've had some exciting new experiences. Even now, I'm trying to "settle down" to a certain extent. I've had a bit of trouble with it. I got married in 2018 and it was certainly a big adjustment for me. It was hard to learn to live with someone who hadn't travelled to the ends of the Earth as much as I had. Finally I pushed him "let's go work in China!". So we did. We had a great year together and learned alot about each other. I'm so glad we went there, because he opened up more as a person also. He had to meet new people outside his own culture, and learn to work with them. When we returned home to Mom recently, he even had a mini cultural shock. He says he likes living abroad more than living at home. And he was worried about getting a job here. But so far, he has had a plethora of interviews and opportunities are opening up even more for him now that he's travelled and lived abroad for a year. You could even say he's attracting the right things he needs. 

What I've learned from travelling is to totally break down my barriers and at the same time have good discernment. I think discernment it definitely something I didn't have much of before travelling. Travelling has made me more careful and tactful. I've also learned to be more resourceful and careful with my words. I guess you could say travelling has brought out the survivalist in me.