Why I Never go Traveling

Heaps of people i know jet away on a plane as soon as they come into some kind of money. I think a lot of the people that i know or know of, are big time travelers. They've been to heaps of different kinds of countries, both near and far. I've had some people who've asked me why i don't go traveling and why i never spend or save any money for trips away. It's true, looking around me, i am pretty sure i'm the only person who hasn't done a great tour of Europe, who hasn't been to Thailand or Bali and who just doesn't ever scrape enough money together for a trip abroad.

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It's not like i'm against traveling, it's just that i never feel the desire to go overseas because quite frankly, your experiences fade and you have to come home anyway. When i went to France when i was 16, the experience kind of changed my life. But forward on to 23 years of age and most of all of that has been forgotten and to be honest, i don't really care any more of that entire trip. My life has gone into a new direction and that trip was so far back and so long ago that it just doesn't hold significance to me anymore. The fact of the matter is, you have to come home. You may as well just make your life at your home country good because if that's the way it is, you'll never feel like leaving. I feel like some people travel for the wrong reasons. To escape, to run away from having to deal with things. The initial feeling might be euphoric and energizing but when they come home, it's just the same old thing all over again. " What the hell am i going to do now? ". I get why people want to run away from their problems. Sometimes i do it as well, but traveling for the sake of that is depressing. I know because I used to love traveling for that exact reason.

I really wanted to go to Japan last year. And i still wouldn't mind going now. But in terms of scrimping and saving for this temporary experience? I just don't think it'll be worth it. Even if i do come home with a trunk full of memories, those fade and eventually my life at home will grow over any desires to leave and get out into the world again. I never travel because i feel like we have everything that we could need at home. Maybe there are some things that are more bountiful overseas, but then that would make that a good reason to go abroad.