{"id":161,"date":"2013-09-29T23:42:33","date_gmt":"2013-09-29T23:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wanderingwithintent.com\/?p=161"},"modified":"2013-09-29T23:42:33","modified_gmt":"2013-09-29T23:42:33","slug":"how-to-get-over-your-concerns-with-long-term-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wanderingwithintent.com\/wordpress\/how-to-get-over-your-concerns-with-long-term-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get over your concerns with long-term travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>\u201cDecide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.\u201d \u00a0&#8212; Bill Cosby<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">When I first made the decision to travel to Southeast Asia for 3 months on my own, I was excited. \u00a0Excited about exploring the world on my own. \u00a0Excited about eating wonderful food. \u00a0Excited about meeting new people and learning about different cultures.<\/p>\n<p>As the trip approached, however, my excitement was joined by another emotion; an emotion that didn\u2019t seem to belong and was quite unexpected. \u00a0Fear.<\/p>\n<p>Fear?<\/p>\n<p>Yup! \u00a0My mind seemed to be engaging all its creative facilities in helping to come up with new things for me to worry about. \u00a0Some of the things on my mind:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">What if I get lost in a random city?<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">What if I hate traveling on my own?<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">What if my wallet gets stolen by a monkey? \u00a0(yes, it has happened before &#8211; check out Youtube for some examples)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So what do do when you\u2019re afraid of something? \u00a0Well, you could run away from it. \u00a0For me, that would mean canceling the trip. \u00a0But as Chuck Norris said, \u201cRunning from your fear can be more painful than facing it, for better or worse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bill Cosby said: \u00a0\u201cDecide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.\u201d \u00a0And for me, whenever I had feelings of doubt or anxiety crop into my consciousness, I thought about why I wanted to travel. \u00a0I thought not about getting lost but about exploring unchartered territories, immersing myself in a different culture, and making new \u00a0friends. \u00a0And then, I thought about worst case scenarios, and the reality of how those scenarios would play out. \u00a0If I get lost in a random city &#8230; I\u2019ll find someone who can help direct me, or buy a map. \u00a0If I hate traveling on my own &#8230; great, I\u2019ll learn how to make friends while traveling. \u00a0If my stuff gets stolen &#8230; I can buy new gear.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">And thinking about it in this way was great in helping me put everything in perspective. \u00a0I\u2019m taking a trip on my own for 3 months? \u00a0Of course my mind is going to be uncomfortable with that! \u00a0Talk about getting out of routine. \u00a0But putting it in perspective helped me work through my concerns (and get on with my trip planning).<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Lessons Learned<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Fear can be a powerful detractor to keep you from doing what you want; sometimes the more you want it, the more fear will try to steer you away<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The best way to deal with fear is to recognize it for what it is &#8212; a state of mind &#8212; and decide you want your intended action more than you are afraid of it<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Once you have made that decision, consider worst case scenarios, and recognize that they are not only unlikely, but also not the end of the world if they happen<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Realize that ultimately the best way to conquer a fear is through action<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cDecide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.\u201d \u00a0&#8212; Bill Cosby When I first made the decision to travel to Southeast Asia for 3 months on my own, I was excited. \u00a0Excited about exploring the world on my own. \u00a0Excited about eating wonderful food. \u00a0Excited about meeting new people and learning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pre-trip","category-travel-anxiety","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"geo":null,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to get over your concerns with long-term travel - Wandering with Intent<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wanderingwithintent.com\/wordpress\/how-to-get-over-your-concerns-with-long-term-travel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to get over your concerns with long-term travel - Wandering with Intent\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cDecide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.\u201d \u00a0&#8212; 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