I usually watch YouTube videos of people who travel the world, and I feel like a trapped man, even sad —as if I have a healthy dose of envy toward what I´m seeing. And how could I not feel that way? I feel very confused because I’ve always thought I'm the kind of person who liked to travel, but my professional and personal obligations haven’t allowed me to.
But my mind says, “Wait, that’s not it… It’s just that you’ve never really tried or made it a goal… So, do you really want it, or are you just projecting what you’re feeling based on what seems to be the lives of those you’re watching in those YouTube videos?” It made me stop in my tracks to think and reason it out.
Those videos of people traveling to Thailand, China, Japan, Ireland, the UK, Iceland, or... wherever... Well, they’re really beautiful, really exciting to watch, but you have to remember that not everything is as beautiful as the YouTubers make it out to be... Every country must necessarily have beautiful things and things that aren’t beautiful at all, but YouTubers generally only show us the beautiful side of countries.
It’s understandable; most of their audience (myself included) only watches them to travel vicariously through them. It’s like living through their experiences, feeling and seeing through what they project in their videos. It’s about understanding what they say and learning about other cultures and places. And besides having fun and learning, they make money from it, which is certainly nothing wrong with that.
Many people might think I'm boring, but I don't, in fact, I think that I'm actually just practical. So, I admit I don't have much money, and even if I had, I know the limits of what boredom can do to me and my mind, so I prefer to keep being who I'am, in the way what I am — someone who's calm. So even whether people call me boring, I know I'm not, and it doesn't bother me that others are mistaken in thinking I am.
Each one of us must know to ourselves and try to enjoy life in one’s own way. That’s what I’ve learned and discovered about me after many years to think about it. I’m a homebody man, but I’m not a shy person. I’m a homebody man, but I’m not someone unsociable; instead, I consider to myself as a adventurer, but in my own way. And as long as my woman likes me the way what I am, that’s what matters to me.
I'll send you a warm hug to all of you, readers, take care of yourselves, and please feel free to comment if you want to.