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With travel being a huge part of my life for the past 5 years, it really is no wonder that it has somehow molded me into the person that I am today. For one thing, traveling has made me realize that whatever I set my into is within reach<\/strong>. I just need to set my mind to the goal I want to achieve, and I will find ways to make it happen. Traveling has also given me a clearer picture of what I want to do with my life. Though I have to admit that I am still uncertain about some things, I now have a vision of what I want to happen in the future. The path to my dreams might have me holding off traveling for the moment, but I know will and always be a part of who I am. <\/p>\n Fellow Blog Sherpas has shared how traveling has changed them.<\/p>\n Claire Algarme of First Time Travels<\/a> shares that “traveling has changed my perspective of places and things, made me more patient and enduring, given me a glimpse of the characters of people I thought I have already known. Traveling is empowering.” <\/p>\n Jennifer Hattam of The Turkish Life<\/a> said she has learned to assert herself, gained a broader perspective on world events, increased her empathy and became more stern and assertive.<\/p>\n Kiran Keswani of Indian Bazaars<\/a> found that in this crazy and chaotic world we live in, there are still pockets of serenity where you can find the peace and quiet you’re looking for.<\/p>\n How about you? How has travel changed you?<\/p>\n It’s been five years. Five years since I made the decision to stop talking about traveling and actually travel. Half a decade may seem like a long time, but looking back, it seems like the years passed with lighting speed. With travel being a huge part of my life for the past 5 years, it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[1857,1592,1858],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/justwandering.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/justwandering.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/justwandering.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justwandering.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justwandering.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2293"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/justwandering.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7212,"href":"https:\/\/justwandering.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293\/revisions\/7212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/justwandering.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justwandering.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justwandering.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nThis also resulted to me have the confidence I never had<\/strong>. While I still have my insecure moments, I’ve learned to assert myself and I’m no longer as shy to ask questions or to express my opinion. This confidence helped me be a better person, and enabled me to rise up to the challenge and do things I never thought I’d ever do<\/strong>. <\/p>\n![\"Lonely](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/justwandering.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/sherpa.jpg\")
This post is a part of the Lonely Planet Blogsherpa Program where members host blog carnival based on travel-related themes. The carnival prior to this was “Going Back<\/a>“<\/strong> hosted by Natalia of No Beaten Path<\/a>. The next one will be about markets around the world, hosted by Kiran of Indian Bazaars<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"