It’s been almost a full year since I last traveled, which is quite the culture shock to someone who was traveling out of country at least twice a year and supplementing that often with domestic travel.
I used travel to escape. Escape the mundane 9-5. Escape the real world just for a little. It was really my only way of coping with the life I live. I never wanted to be someone who lived to work, but it’s something that is hard to escape in America.
Speaking of America, I enjoyed learning about new cultures and being able to escape from the country for a bit. I attribute a lot of my political views to just being able to see how other people see the United States and how other countries function. I have established a lot of opinions and new perspectives from traveling. I mean, when I went to Egypt a few years ago, someone actually chuckled when I told him we were American and he asked us “how are things going over there?” Meanwhile, many people from the U.S. have probably never stopped to think that other countries look at us like a train wreck you can’t help but watch.
Not traveling has been a hard pill to swallow, but in a good way it forced me into enjoying my time at home. Trying to escape your real life all the time is not really a healthy way to live. I’ve taken up more hobbies, seen more of my own backyard, and have felt more settled.
I also feel lucky because there’s no way to experience FOMO when almost no one is traveling. Not being the only one is very comforting to me. Especially in such a time of unrest despite the pandemic. We just moved, which was a big cost, and I just got a new job so I don’t have any time off. If these were the circumstances and there wasn’t a pandemic, I would feel extremely left out not being able to go on my usual trips.
I am still itchy to travel, especially now that I’m back at work. Hopefully I can fend off the itch a little longer and hopefully with a vaccine down the line, travel is in our future.
Rosie Culture 
I miss traveling so much. I would usually take one big trip a year, with little trips scattered in between. The last trip I went on was last July when I went to Ireland. It seems like forever ago. Hopefully, by the middle of next year we’ll be able to safely start traveling again!
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Hopefully!! So crazy to look back at the time since we’ve last traveled
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Yes me too ..we were always travelling
Looking forward to when Australia opens its international borders sometime next year. In the meantime just planning a few trips around Australia now our internal borders are down
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So lucky I’ve heard everything’s basically back to normal in Australia!
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Almost..poor South Australia is still locked out of WA because of our super cautious Premier
Anyway I’ll be able to visit my son in Melbourne next year quite a bit. He and his partner are still quarantining here in WA ..but at least they are here
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I’m the same as you! The last time I was on a plane to the UK to see my boyfriend was December 2019, can’t believe it’s been a year already. I haven’t seen my boyfriend for a year either. 2020 has been awful, can’t wait to travel again!
✨ Marissa Belle × marsybun.com ✨
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Ugh I can’t imagine how hard that must be!
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Oh poor you, I hope it’s absence makes the heart grow stronger for you
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I long for the day’s of taking flights and having new experiences. Miss traveling
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I share your feelings! thank you for such an open and insightful post🙏
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It’s really crazy to think it’s been so long since we’ve all been travelling, but I think it’ll make it that much sweeter when we can get back on the proverbial road again! Hang in there 🙂
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I’m the same way! i miss traveling so much! I hate flying but at this point I’m just excited to get on a plane and go anywhere!
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Same 😩
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