26 Nov 2019

So your dream is to galavant around South East Asia, visiting wild temples, stuffing delicious food in your gob, sunbaking on beaches and capitalising on cheap beers. But... your mates all want to go to Europe.

So you want to travel for six months but your friends want to travel for six weeks.

So you want to go on a road trip, living in a van but your friends want to stay in one spot, staying in hotels.

So you want to go NOW but your mates want to go later...

 

You get the point. Sometimes, our travelling dreams don't align with our mates. That's fine, we're all different! No one can be blamed.

It does suck when you'd love to experience your dream destination with your favourite people by your side but they're not so keen on that idea, because honestly, it's your dream, not theirs. Whether their destination, timing or way of travel is different from yours, sometimes you have to say yeah nah and not compromise. This is your dream. Live it how you want to.

A blunt truth is, sometimes friends just don’t pull through. Sure, they keep saying 'yeah let's book that plane ticket' and yet when push comes to shove, they back out one way or another. Quit listening to empty promises and waiting for your dreams to align with theirs. If you keep waiting for them to get rid of all their excuses and actually book the flights, you might never end up going. Don't resent your mates or become impatient with them for saying they want to go travelling, but never pull through. Instead, appreciate that they just don't have the same travel ambitions as you, so send it yourself!

You've spent hours upon hours, saving your dosh and researching destinations, travel hacks and working out when and where to go. You deserve to live your travel plans out how you want! Solo travel may just be the perfect route for you. You can choose your own path and still meet a tonne of people along the way. You can stay in each location for as long as you want. You can choose what hostel you want to stay in. You can hop on a plane tomorrow if you so desire because you don't have to wait for anyone else. 

Just do it dude. Don’t wait for your friends to finally make it happen, don’t compromise your own travel desires to fit into what your mates want to do, don't rely on other people to fulfil your dreams. Book your own flights and just charge it.