Why travelling won't make you happy

Social media, in general, is making a lot of people in our generation feel like there is something wrong with their life.
The same is happening with all these beautiful travel photos you see online and that's exactly what I would like to talk about in this video.

Because I have been fortunate to have lived "that life" and can tell you that all of that making you happy, is far from the truth.

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[mchobbit]

As an introverted homebody, I always struggled so much with the "Experiences and NOT THINGS" mantra. Because the experiences I was told would make me soo much happier than "stuff" were usually travel and/or involved some crowded places. I don't even really like eating out. The food is good, but I'd enjoy it more on my friend's porch with 3 or 4 people I love than in a crowded restaurant. So the experiences I like tend to be low-key and low cost if not free. Favorite childhood memory: going to the woods with my mother to find wildlife.

I'd be happier with some new books, a set of brush pens and a sketchbook than with a trip to Paris but am afraid to say it because it gets people so heated and gets you accused of being materialistic, too attached to stuff etc. I'm just a homebody. Previously, I tried so hard to get something out of the experiences I was supposed to enjoy and cherish.


And honestly...if you life sucks, both things and experiences are just a band-aid. Neither keeps you happy for long.

[misterr]

I find myself asking “why” do we travel.

I know why we go on holidays to enjoy a few weeks good living in the sun, but why does it have to be sunny? Why 2 weeks, why the places we choose.

We rarely become fully immersed in our surroundings, quite often we get anxious that there’s so many obstacles. Money, language, food, comfort, heat etc.

It’s almost like we’re just box ticking - been there, been there, been there....where next?
It’s a modern day possession, another “look at me, ain’t I doing well” thing.

All the travel vlogs, Instagram lies, forced happiness is putting me off, I envy people with simple mundane lives. Travel isn’t a magical, enlightening, mystical force, it’s a modern day luxury no different to driving around in a flash motor.

Sunshine and blue skies are unbeatable but waking up applying cream, mozzie spray, eating an irregular diet, having broken routines, nothing of your own, smelling, sweating and feeling randomly isolated and lonely is NOT living your best!

[ZeroOmega-vgnq]

I hate travel because i just like my routine of my simple life. Work, gym, enjoy my days off. Travelling i just dont feel impressed for that long when i see a view

[fessellsahmed]

The more I travel the more I appreciate home. There is no place like it. I hate travelling. At the age of 5 went by road to Pakistan from the UK. Nightmare.

[darkvalue]

Traveling should be use to refresh, not to find happiness. And vacationing now and days can be very costly.

[OutragedPufferfish]

I have no interest in traveling and never do, and when I tell this to people some react like I've told them something shocking. You'll probably get more sympathy if you tell people you have HIV or have done prison time for m;rder. Lol.

[juliaschroder]

I always tell myself, they'll never blogg about their irritated digestion and diarrhea from bad quality water and spicy food 😂

[DavidRose-ms]

To appreciate travel you must first know struggle. Travel is a hiatus from our normal reality when we can see a part of the wider world of wonder. We can then fight to retain the best of our home town, and country as we can appreciate what we have.

[RKKY-mffe]

Travelling is super stressful. Just thinking about it makes me depressed.

[KingCharlesSpaniel]

A lot of good points, when you travel you take yourself and all your problems with you.

[PreApocalypseJitters]

I don't enjoy traveling. I am a frugal person who cannot tolerate crowds and is fearful of both flying & cruises. I prefer to walk, to wander. I'm a homebody who loves his blankets and his slippers and his bathrobe. The problem is...I am also a widower. My wife passed away about a year ago, and she was really my only friend. I have been trying to re-set my life, make new friends, but I have experienced antipathy and rejection from people because 1) I don't travel and 2) I don't drink alcohol. As if those two aversions preclude me from friendships or even love. I do not jest. I've had people say to me, "You've got to be kidding, " "Good luck with that", "Your life is doomed to suck, congratulations" I mean, these are REAL comments from people with whom I've attempted socialization who want NOTHING to do with me because it's just UNFATHOMABLE I don't want to "see the world." I am asking for your help, your advice. I value your perspective. Thank you for reading.

[rachels]

The only true happiness is inner peace in a personal relationship with God.
I’m 66 and that’s what I have found. Nothing else matches that.

[tim_despair]

No one around me understand my point that there are a few reasons why travelling is bad for you:
1) most people admit they got extremely tired after their vacation
2) lots of them get sick, being exposed to viruses and bacteria their bodies don't know
3) it's a service, an indoctrinating image that media incept in our minds, that you can't be a successful human being without travelling and vacation ( that makes me especially sick, since I know what I am and what makes me happy, I hate being evaluated)
4) it just makes you a cog in an economy, just waste your money so that money circulates

[Willxdiana]

thank you so much, my friend traveled to 200 countries, made me quit my job. but. I realize he is using travel as a escape

[pascal]

Omg she’s so realistic, natural and beautiful! ❤❤

[SilvesterOneil-mcsp]

It's the same with reading books. If you do likenot reading books, everyone will despise you.

[jovandavidovic]

If you can, travel. Explore. Leave your hometown. Go somewhere far away. Live or find a job in another country for a while. Discover how other people live and how different it is from what you know. Different places will bring out different versions of you. Go and see what’s out there. The self-discovery that comes from leaving can change your entire life. I know it’s scary, I was scared too.. but I did it anyway and you can too. My whole perspective in life changed the moment I stepped out of my comfort zone. And you won’t regret it, I promise. If it works for you, good. If it doesn’t, well, atleast you tried.

[tododia]

Thank you so much for sharing this!
This has helped me put into perspective what I’ve been feeling after travelling through Japan for a month from Australia 😊

[tom]

Travel is just one of the many ways that we in modern society try to find a self identity. The solid centres of society that existed 50 or 60 years ago no longer exist, and we can now be our own people and create our own life and self-identity. The catch is that this identity that we are all seeking has no end goal - you can never travel enough or complete it, and we always feel unfulfilled by this.

Travelling isn't wholeheartedly bad, but the purposes for which we do it in the 21st century just show a very lost population seeking security and their own self identity.

[IrisVictoriaKnapp]

thank you so much for sharing! that's exactly what I've been thinking of for a while now. for the past five years I felt like sharing all that travel stuff... but the behind the scenes... ufff... and it actually was always an escaping of reality .... sometimes I learned my lessons as well, so growth still happened, but I didn't enjoy it. last week I visited my sis in TFS but I rly didn't want to and just saw it as a big challenge instead of enjoying the trip. only a few beautiful moments in nature. the place I'll always feel more safe.
in the end, I actually want to travel when I'm ok on the inside, also on the outside in a way (healthy).
so thank you again! opened my eyes & feeling a lil more connected (to travel enthusiasts)
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