Travel or Home

Recently, I went on a Solo Trip to Manali, Himachal Pradesh. Before going on this trip I was thinking of quitting my job(still am) and thinking that I can do photography and videography as a side hustle.

When I was on this trip, suddenly I missed my morning runs, my daily push-ups, my meditation, and other productive things the most. I missed the feeling of being at home where everything feels safe and reading in silence. I missed listening to Naval over Spotify. I missed my study table where I can sit paint and code. I missed my homely food and drinks. This made me realize I am more of a home person. I like putting effort into myself and that makes me really happy.

I feel that anyone with little money can see nature and it’s easy but the hardest thing is working on yourself. Nature can help me with distracting myself but in the end, I need to start loving myself. Traveling should be there as an option between activities, not finding happiness.

Next time I travel, I will learn one new activity(Jaise surfing, cooking, paragliding) properly. And this time I will take a friend, find a place which serves good homely food (read reviews about it) and find a good place to stay.

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Also, I find sightseeing a useless activity. It’s a fucking mountain get over it. I saw a place and then saw someone's Instagram post about it and it felt so fake. In-person, the mountain looked like nothing but when I saw the Instagram post I suddenly felt FOMO, and then I remember I genuinely didn’t give a fuck about the mountain. Instagram just makes me feel shit about something I don’t like.