At the age of 22, I made one of the biggest decisions in my life. I left my studies, my boyfriend and everything I loved back in Slovakia, and set off on the trip which was supposed to change my life. I wasn’t running away from boredom. I was running away from my lucky and perfectly organized life to experience some pain and sorrow in order to grow strong and wiser.
Four months alone in South America gave me a valuable lesson that I would like to share now with other young people around me, to motivate them to let go of their fear and see what they are capable of.
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At the age of 22 I left my my studies, my boyfriend and everything I loved to go on a trip alone that would change me forever
I made the best friends, fell in love, was being loved and cared for, and saw the most beautiful landscapes and sceneries
But at the same time, I was betrayed and cheated, robbed in the streets with a knife and left alone in poor and dark places
I felt down so many times I can not even count it
But the fact that I saw my self standing up and dusting my knees was empowering
Since then I don’t fear anything anymore in my life. I have the courage to keep trying, because I know that every failure is just a lesson to learn from
We, the people, are capable of so many amazing things we have no clue about. It is only the fear and insecurity that are holding us back
Don’t be scared. Go. Hit the road and spread your wings. Take your deepest fears and squeeze the doubts out of them. Only then you can be really free
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Amazing natalie.. u have inspired me an motivated me.. in near future I am also going to travel the world.. thanks..N pictures are totally breathtaking.. :D now I am even more excited to travel the world, make new friends on the way and experience new culture and life.. thanks.. can't wait to set my foot out in the world.. !!
thank you so much for sharing your experience! I also left my country and my old life behind when I turned 22 and traveled! All those experiences I made just woke up again through reading your article and you are so right! The fact that we can stand up and try again after hitting rock bottom is really fascinating! Some people doesn't even know what they are capable of until they try it! I felt like I needed to be reminded of this time as well, bc I feel stuck at the moment and it might be time to make some more challenging experiences! I hope your travel also brought you to a place in life which you wanted to reach :)
Hello there! I am very pleased my post was able to remind you of these feelings, sometimes we really do get stuck in our own fears and insecurities, until we just shake them off and go and do that and prove again how actually good we are. And even if that sometimes doesnt work out - is that something that ruins your life for good? Isnt there always a way how to fix things up and make yourself happy? There always is! To be able to embrace the reality as it is, is the key to being happy and satisfied with your own self. If you achieve what you want, then good for you, and even if you dont - well sometimes "not getting what you want is the best thing that could happen to you" :) There is no reason to build our own picture of ourself based on how many times we achieved what we wanted.
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thank for sharing. it inspires me a lot. and can I ask what happened with your boyfriend after all? cuz I have a bf and I wanna go somewhere travel too maybe alone.
Hello Eunbi, my story with my boyfriend is probably not the best one, as it wasnt going very well for longer time before the trip. We have been separated though for 5 months before, when we were doing both Erasmus abroad, and we managed. You can always do that if both partners really want to keep the relationship alive.
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If you were alone, who took the pictures? The beautiful thing is we can get up, we can move on and everything works out fine in the end; just don't look back!
Hey Michel, I was lucky to always have new friends around that I met along the road :) all of them amazing photographers apparently too :D well said!
Load More Replies... Amazing natalie.. u have inspired me an motivated me.. in near future I am also going to travel the world.. thanks..N pictures are totally breathtaking.. :D now I am even more excited to travel the world, make new friends on the way and experience new culture and life.. thanks.. can't wait to set my foot out in the world.. !!
thank you so much for sharing your experience! I also left my country and my old life behind when I turned 22 and traveled! All those experiences I made just woke up again through reading your article and you are so right! The fact that we can stand up and try again after hitting rock bottom is really fascinating! Some people doesn't even know what they are capable of until they try it! I felt like I needed to be reminded of this time as well, bc I feel stuck at the moment and it might be time to make some more challenging experiences! I hope your travel also brought you to a place in life which you wanted to reach :)
Hello there! I am very pleased my post was able to remind you of these feelings, sometimes we really do get stuck in our own fears and insecurities, until we just shake them off and go and do that and prove again how actually good we are. And even if that sometimes doesnt work out - is that something that ruins your life for good? Isnt there always a way how to fix things up and make yourself happy? There always is! To be able to embrace the reality as it is, is the key to being happy and satisfied with your own self. If you achieve what you want, then good for you, and even if you dont - well sometimes "not getting what you want is the best thing that could happen to you" :) There is no reason to build our own picture of ourself based on how many times we achieved what we wanted.
Load More Replies... thank for sharing. it inspires me a lot. and can I ask what happened with your boyfriend after all? cuz I have a bf and I wanna go somewhere travel too maybe alone.
Hello Eunbi, my story with my boyfriend is probably not the best one, as it wasnt going very well for longer time before the trip. We have been separated though for 5 months before, when we were doing both Erasmus abroad, and we managed. You can always do that if both partners really want to keep the relationship alive.
Load More Replies... If you were alone, who took the pictures? The beautiful thing is we can get up, we can move on and everything works out fine in the end; just don't look back!
Hey Michel, I was lucky to always have new friends around that I met along the road :) all of them amazing photographers apparently too :D well said!
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