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Life lessons learned in travelling the world for 8 years straight

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Re: Life lessons learned in travelling the world for 8 years straight

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Post by stayjin »

mburney wrote: post #10

Most of these life lessons have nothing to do with travelling. Most people I know (especially in their late 20's) would come up with a similar list even if they've barely travelled. I think this is just merely the blog poster's world view articulated into 29 points, and incidentally he has travelled the world instead of living in one place.

However it is amazing what an impact does living at a place away from were one grew up in have in the perception of the world.

I had already traveled a lot ( as a tourist ) before I left Greece to come and live in Japan, when I started to make a life here, I practically had to rediscover myself. It is not so much the big things, it's the small ones : habits that I took for granted, jokes that do not sound funny, if you can ask someone's phone number... Like a very thin safety net of supporting culture I never new was there just disappeared underneath me.

I also had a fresh view of Greece , and my life before

I think traveling gives you a change of perspective difficult to grasp at home

Re: Life lessons learned in travelling the world for 8 years straight

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Post by yason »

mburney wrote: post #10

Most of these life lessons have nothing to do with travelling. Most people I know (especially in their late 20's) would come up with a similar list even if they've barely travelled. I think this is just merely the blog poster's world view articulated into 29 points, and incidentally he has travelled the world instead of living in one place.

While the lessons aren't travel-related themselves, he probably has learned most of them while travelling. It would be my guess that if he had been sitting in an office and pushing for a career for those eight years then it's likely his world view just might be a bit more naive.

Re: Life lessons learned in travelling the world for 8 years straight

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Post by alexro »

mburney wrote: post #10

Most of these life lessons have nothing to do with travelling. Most people I know (especially in their late 20's) would come up with a similar list even if they've barely travelled. I think this is just merely the blog poster's world view articulated into 29 points, and incidentally he has travelled the world instead of living in one place.

A lot of it is common sense, but I rarely meet people truly living that way. So, the take-away from the article is that it's really possible to have it all at once.

Re: Life lessons learned in travelling the world for 8 years straight

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Post by alexro »

dimmuborgir wrote: post #15

IMHO, different world travellers come up with different life lessons. It all depends on the person's own prejudices. Lessons are not in the world, they're within you. World and societies are just tools to discover our own selves.

I can't really think of any written example of any traveler who came up with different conclusions about the world.

Re: Life lessons learned in travelling the world for 8 years straight

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Post by ristretto »

mburney wrote: post #10

Most of these life lessons have nothing to do with travelling. Most people I know (especially in their late 20's) would come up with a similar list even if they've barely travelled. I think this is just merely the blog poster's world view articulated into 29 points, and incidentally he has travelled the world instead of living in one place.

It also makes it seem like there's not that much to learn by spending large amounts of time travelling. That's because people on average are similar, so it's equally probable you will meet the people who will make a difference in your life, travelling or no-travelling. Maybe in the end you will be wiser using the internet, which can actually help you find people with common aspirations/interests etc.

Re: Life lessons learned in travelling the world for 8 years straight

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Post by aik »

lhnz wrote: post #28
swores wrote: post #3

More money will NEVER solve your problems That just isn't true - the problem is that people realised that being rich isn't the same as being happy, and it was a good point. But then people took it too far, and it stops making sense. Sure, for some people, having more money wouldn't improve things, but for many people, it definitely could. And I'm not just talking about people who are starving or homeless. You don't n…

You can't spend 8 years traveling the world without quite a bit of money. The author should look at his own life before telling others that they don't need money; it sounds like luxury to me.

The author addresses that exact point in his article. Take a look -- apparently he has no money.

Re: Life lessons learned in travelling the world for 8 years straight

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Post by ristretto »

swores wrote: post #3

More money will NEVER solve your problems That just isn't true - the problem is that people realised that being rich isn't the same as being happy, and it was a good point. But then people took it too far, and it stops making sense. Sure, for some people, having more money wouldn't improve things, but for many people, it definitely could. And I'm not just talking about people who are starving or homeless. You don't n…

Agree - as long as money buys you time, it's valuable, because time is the only truly limited resource we have. From a certain income level and up, though, there is very little gain in happiness, so i find the western world's fascination with very rich people absurd.

Re: Life lessons learned in travelling the world for 8 years straight

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Post by alexro »

I've spent almost 10 years not having a stable place/work relationships. I also travelled a lot and came to almost same conclusions. But.

Looking back at it now I think that's everything should be limited. Including TV, including reading books alone and including travelling around the world. But.

The only thing that shouldn't be limited - is the pursue of your own unique excellence.

ADD:

So, if you want to be an excellent traveller - travel, if you want to be an excellent writer - write even not seeing others, if you want to be anything you like - do want you like. And try to be excellent.

That's the only life advice I have!

ADD 2: Naturally, if you don't want to be excellent, try to be excellent to be non-excellent !!!

Re: Life lessons learned in travelling the world for 8 years straight

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Post by ristretto »

stayjin wrote: post #31
mburney wrote: post #10

Most of these life lessons have nothing to do with travelling. Most people I know (especially in their late 20's) would come up with a similar list even if they've barely travelled. I think this is just merely the blog poster's world view articulated into 29 points, and incidentally he has travelled the world instead of living in one place.

However it is amazing what an impact does living at a place away from were one grew up in have in the perception of the world. I had already traveled a lot ( as a tourist ) before I left Greece to come and live in Japan, when I started to make a life here, I practically had to rediscover myself. It is not so much the big things, it's the small ones : habits that I took for granted, jokes that do not sound funny, if y…

Travelling is different than living abroad though, right?
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