I experience it each time whenever I travel overseas. I discuss with friends who come to know that I am going somewhere, and they always say the one thing: “It’s really amazing! I wish I could also do that.”
And my reply is also always the same: “What’s keeping you then?”
I am not judgmental guy; I am simply trying to find what motivations or priorities others are having? There really could be a solid argument why somebody doesn’t travel much, but the replies I mostly listen back are variations of these answers:
“I don’t have extra bucks to spend on traveling.”
Nice thing, if it is true, but for many folks who argue this, I think it would be much better to say,” I have picked out to spend my money on many other important things, so now I do not have money for traveling.” America has always been a country of great wealthiest and riches, and many of us living here toss away their things every day that becomes valuable possessions of many other people living there. If it sounded a bit soapbox to you, you can go to read this New York Times article.
We prefer what we worth either consciously or unconsciously.
Most of the people, young or old, feel no trouble happily spending their income and even going under debt for sake of luxuries every month. I have selected to fix my own spending priorities on purposeful experiences.
One day somebody told me that he could not give to a charity program as she didn’t feel it good gong into debt, and that her spouse thought that a pledge to give money was actually a debt. I must have surprised the man giving the comment, as I also did agree and say that I also believe in enjoying a totally debt-free life style.
She nodded and stated, “Yep, we do not have any debt either at this time. Well, just one car…and the student loan…and the credit card… and naturally, the mortgage does not matter.”
I was totally taken aback and didn’t dare to say anything more in response to that statement.
“The rest of the world is unsafe.”
Many people do not come out and say in that way, but that is what they actually intend to say. “If I leave my house, if fear something terrible may go wrong”. Apart from the fact that negative things can take place in your own city just as likely as at any place else, you will find very few places in the world, which are straight-out hostile to travelers.
Key point is the more you travel, the more you believe you are as safe in several places in the world as you can be at your own house. Well, you believably should not plan a visit to Baghdad or Mogadishu at this time, but the list of inhospitable destinations is definitely short. The list of amazing places is extremely long, so why not to get started for that? Savvy people normally feel this threat to be pretty irrational, so as long as you do not let it keep you home, it is not worth fighting.
“I love to stay at my home”
This is another style to say,” I am afraid of change and new experiences.” Before you concede it to be true, realize that most of us think this way at sometime or another. It is the thing which should be overcome. Very small number of people is brave enough to do it, while the rest ones prefer staying at their home, ne’er embarking out beyond their own culture of comfort. They are doing their own loss; never be like them.
I will do this sort of stuff after getting retired (or maybe at some other distant stage in the future).
I feel nothing bad with the general thinking of delayed gratification. I’ve an IRA, I see both sides while crossing the street, and it is sound judgment to give up anything in hand today for sake of much greater future benefit.
What’s the catch? It is when such delayed gratification turns into an excuse for not living the life as you want.
How many folks do you see out there that really do the activities they say they are going to when they pass their arbitrary ages of quitting the jobs they have devoted their whole lives to? Far more common is the downsizing of dreams along the way.
If you want to play golf the whole long day and also take your medicine at proper timings, then I think the forty-year career track plan can work best for you. If there are some other ideas or ambitions on your priority list, though, never kill your body and soul as a slave for the remaining life time. Instead, go and work out where you want to go and plan something about it.
Four Most Important Questions You Should Ask Yourself:
1) Am I satisfied with the work I am doing? Is it meeting my wants and fulfilling my desires?
Your profession should not be only to provide financial support for the rest of your life. Ask yourself, why am I working? Am I working to make my living or to make my life? If your profession is supplying with money for your goals, that’s great. If it doesn’t, then it’s time to make some good change.
2) Remember the times you left your home land. What did you get to know during those tours? Do you think you need to know some more?
For me, the more I travel, the more I get to know, and the more I understand how big our world is. When I was a young guy and had spent a good amount of time in foreign places, I often say that I had traveled upon “all over the world”. After seeing more than 60 countries later, I laugh at that saying. As, there are still hundreds of countries I have yet to see, and even after I succeed in visiting each and every country of this world, there will still be thousands and thousands of locations and places within those countries that I still wish to visit.
3) If you could travel anyplace in this world, where would that be? (Never think of reasons why you cannot visit it)
Solve it by brainstorming through the 6-inhabited continents of our world i.e. Africa, Australia, Asia, Europe, North America and South America, then think of cities and countries in each of these continents that you have always wondered about. There would be many destinations that you have always wished to visit.
Eventually, while I do believe that traveling internationally is not nearly as costly as the life style many people outwear themselves to keep, it is fact that it does cost some extra money to travel around the world.
So, you should also understand the reply to this question.
4) Do You have any financial priorities? What are they?
If you do not know the answer ad-lib, it’s easy to understand. You need to review your bank statements, financial software, or credit card statements for the last 6-months. Whether you regard it or not, where you have been spending much of your income is where your have set your priorities. If you would like to prize new experiences more than new “stuff,” then you will need to bring some changes.
For today, the rest of the story is up to you. Think of these questions and build a plan. What is that single place – or many places – you have always wished to travel to?
Write down all that and stick it onto your monitor; it will continually remind you of it.
If you will not take your own dreams seriously – who’ll?
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