Comments on: Want To Change Your Life? Travel. Or Don’t.

By: Brent

Brent — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:34:26 +0000

I think it all really depends on how much time is spent in the country & what country you go to. The way your most referring to it is as tourist like Nelly said which is how 99% of us would do it. My whole life i wanted to travel and see the world & as of late i have wanted to do it more to change my self for the better. I was looking for something and didn’t know what.. The 1st place i went is India. I didn’t want to do the normal Europe thing for my 1st. I wanted to experience something profound. I spent about a month in India going from north to south.

You are right as in it wasn’t some crazy life changing experience I was thinking it would be but I wouldn’t have changed anything about it for the world. And it did change the way I looked at things when I got back. I believe you view your own life patterns differently when you get back and see things in a new way. Your still the same person for the most part. A few weeks ago I went to japan for my 2nd place. Same feeling as when I went to India even tho there so different. by the way Indias way cooler

By: Matthew Needham

Matthew Needham — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:54:47 +0000

I think you’re right, in order to see change we must be change. Ie change happens after the event not during. I travelled the USA extensively when I graduated from university. It was only when I came back and talked to others I realised how much I’d changed.

Nice story, made me remember how good it is to travel!

By: Bloom Coach

Bloom Coach — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:04:42 +0000

That was a lovely post Natalie. I find that those shifts often happen when we are least expecting them. But it is necessary to always stay open to the possibility of shifting at any moment. Though sometimes scary, it is thrilling to find yourself growing out of your current paradigm and into a new level of thought and living. I’ve never had it happen abroad! I’m usually too busy trying navigate and figure out the exchange rate!!

By: Dan @ Anxiety Support Network

Dan @ Anxiety Support Network — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:49:51 +0000

I had a similar kind of experience when traveling to Colorado with my father a few years ago. I started to think – this place sure seems great and I bet life would be better here. But, then my better sense started kicking in and recalling, “Well heck, where I live now has problems and wherever I’ll ever live will have problems. I might as well just figure out how to work with where I am at.” And, that turned out to be a good decision, and the truth. Life is great now, even though it was tough back then. Good post and thanks for your wisdom!

By: Craig Thomas

Craig Thomas — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:14:13 +0000

Travelling is something I really want to do!! The experience would change my life. I’m aiming to travel around Europe this summer – hopefully it’ll all go to plan.

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