After travelling on my own for nearly 8 months now, I learned so much about life and myself I would have never learned at home.
Travelling is just fulfilling me so much.
All the things I have learned from people of different ages I would normally not have come in contact with and all I learned about myself, being on my own a lot of the time and trying to figure things out on my own.
It was definitely a hard decision to go on my own, but I wouldn’t have wanted it differently.
Being on my own, I had to find ways to find people to spend my time with, and that is one of my favourite parts of travelling now.
Getting to know so many new people from all over the world.

Anyway. I am starting to drift off with my thoughts.
I could write about how grateful I am for all of that for hours, but this post is supposed to be about what I have learned about life on my travels.
These are not only things, that are important for people travelling, but for everyone, in every situation of life.

Be the person you want in your life

If you love to have happy and funny people around yourself, you might as well be that person.
You need to enjoy the time with yourself, so fulfil your expectations you have for others.
It might also be the person other people would like to have in their life, so impersonate the person you would love to have around yourself.

Confidence is key

It doesn’t matter what others think about you, so be as crazy as you want.
Not everyone needs to like you.
As long as you are enjoying your own company and your own vibes, you can be however you like and with that attitude you will find people that match your vibes.

Be down to try new things

You will grow with every new experience you make and will have stories to tell if you are up for new adventures.
Write down a long bucket list and actually start doing those things and cross them off your list.
It will feel good to see how many different things you have tried doing.

Live in the moment

You will especially realise that travelling solo.
You will make so many new friends, but know you will have to leave them again soon and don’t even know if you are going to see them again.
So stop thinking about the time when they aren’t with you anymore, but enjoy every second you have together.
This time isn’t going to last forever.

Money will come back, spend it on adventures

I think it is always worth to spend money on a new experience, that is going to enrichen your life, rather than spending it on materialistic things.
The memories you will make are worth so much, and it will give you the feeling of living an adventurous life, which you are.

Spend much time with people you like being around

Knowing your time with people around you is limited makes you realise it is much more worth it spending it with the people you really like having around you.
You can leave toxic people behind and surround yourself with people with great vibes and spend as much time together as possible, if that is what is lifting you up.

Work on your own mindset

You can learn a lot about yourself, spending time on your own.
You may realise, that you can change the perception of things happening to you.
It may be a bad thing, but find the good in it and it will be a good thing.
One thing about me is that I always think things are happening for a good reason.

I missed my bus and had to wait an hour to be picked up… that’s a shame, but I got to know 2 new people during that waiting period and I will go through what we talked about and what I can learn from them.
I will always find a reason something could have happened.
Maybe the universe wanted me to get to know those people and learn from them.
Who knows, but honestly it makes me not being mad about bad things happening to me, because I will find a good thing in it.

Good things are coming

This goes together with the last point.
I will always know that good things are coming, even if I am in a bad situation.
I just try to stay positive, and be confident there are going to be better times.
If I feel like there aren’t, I let myself feel those emotions, be sad for a while and let them pass again and be ready for whatever good thing is coming my way.

Go on as many dates as possible

I always love getting to know new people and if it is boys from dating sites, it doesn’t always have to be a romantic date.
It can be getting a coffee, walking around town and just talking about life.
Now you need to pay attention to their character traits and realise what you like about them and what you may not.
You will learn about what you want in your future partner from taking notes what you like about them and what you may not.

With the right people, you can have just as much fun sober as drunk

This is a point of “surround yourself with the right people” again.
It doesn’t always need alcohol to have a great time.
I did crazy things with my friends being sober, and it was better than actually being drunk.
I tried going to the club, only drinking Coca-Cola, and I had a great time because I realised nobody cares what you are like.
You can always act drunk and no one will notice or care.
It is just so much fun doing crazy stuff because you feel like it and not because you are drunk.

Those are my most important words of wisdom of what I have learned travelling alone.
Now remember, it doesn’t matter if you are travelling or not, this is how you could live your life.
Don’t care about what others think, learn from your experiences and enjoy every moment of your life!
It can be a great life when you allow it to be and find the good things in it, and when there is a tough time, good things are coming!