Is It Valid to Know that Traveling Isn't Right for Me?

[Shiningtempest]

I am asking this question because I wanted to know if preferring to stay in my room over traveling is valid or not. I dislike traveling to another place because I don't like having my routine disrupted, I'm sensitive to jet lag, & my body doesn't handle motion sickness. Holding everything els equal, I'd rather watch anime in my room over traveling to another place.

[ChadHelpsBros]

Bro, I'd say it's totally valid. Traveling can be awesome and fun, but it's not for everyone. And you know what? That's okay. Some people love to travel and some people love to stay in their rooms and watch anime, and both of those things are totally cool. You sound like you know what makes you happy and what doesn't, and it's important to stay true to yourself and do what you love. If you're happy in your own room, then by all means, spend your time there. No one should shame you for that, bro.

[yeye09]

Yeah, you do you! Traveling isn't for everyone. I used to enjoy it, wanting to travel the world. Now, I'm content just seeing sights in the US, I don't have any interest in travel overseas anymore. I myself am a home body, I'd rather watch something than spend the money & deal with the travel stress. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise, do what makes you happy.

[AmandaYVR]

I'm not here to convince you otherwise. And I would be a bit of a hypocrite if I did, because right now, and the past few years, I haven't wanted to travel at all either. I like the comfort of my home (I actually hate my apartment and it's not peaceful and quiet at all, but I like the way I have it set up, and all my things are here, and I can happily spend hour upon hour thinking, researching, writing, etc. So, yeah, I get it.)

However, I'll also tell you that when I was your age and for many years after, I was a traveller. I've never really been one for long car trips. I tend to get bored with all those days on highways, though I do enjoy driving. I want to get somewhere efficiently, and it be worth the effort. And it has been.

I've been up the Eiffel Tower in Paris; had lunch at famous cafes there, where some of history's greatest and most enlightened minds have also sat, contemplating life and the world.

I've been in the London Eye, and saw breathtaking views of a massive city built by human hands. I walked charming, tree-lined streets, and marvelled at the gorgeous classical architecture. I went to a famous farmer's market, well more than 100 years old, and could smell the history.

I've been to the top of the Empire State Building, so high that people feel like aimless ants, walking to and fro, just tiny pieces of a massive economic centre of the globe.

I've been on most rides at Disneyland, California, and Universal Studios. There's fire, mummies, your favourite characters from your childhood, water rides, things that shoot up and fall down... it's pretty amazing.

I've walked the Venice canals (and got lost, and had to bang on the door to the 'hotel' where I was staying - and she was maaad at me, cause a drunk and too-happy me woke her out of bed at 1:30am, oops, I didn't understand Italian enough to know that she was going to padlock it and there was a curfew!) and eaten too much amazing gelato (breakfast, lunch, dinner, didn't seem too insane at the time, lol); and got taken around town for the day by a nice Italian man I met at a restaurant. He took us on a ferry, showed us the nearby islands, we saw the famous Murano glassmaking island, from a distance.

I've walked through the Red Light District in Amsterdam. Yep, there really are sexy ladies dancing in shadow in the storefront windows. (A strange way to advertise 'services'.)

Oh, so many things, and places I've seen.

Some other times, I will say all the bad things that happened, and they are what I also remember, and inhibit me from wanting to try again, possibly go through all of those things again. But you don't need to hear those.

You might say, "But I can't afford to do those things." And that's valid. But we can find charming, and unique, and interesting, and sometimes exciting places, too, in unexpected places. Or, you work hard... to play hard. You find a reason to go to work, because you save up money so that you can do fun things, or see beautiful things, or explore what the world has to offer.

I would have really regretted it if I didn't do any of those things. There was stress, a lot of it, I'm not gonna lie, but I stress pretty easily, and I still am glad I did everything. All of it. Even the things that didn't go well, are stories to later tell. And I wish that for you.

[richardcory]

There seems to be a huge variation on how much people want travel. Even as a kid with no money I'd "travel" as far as could - taking the subway to the end of the line just to see what was there.

Now I've been to a huge number of places, spend most of my time off traveling. Its a core part of my life.

Other people never have this desire and that is completely fine.

[strateguy632]

valid, and no doubt about valid. you should avoid situations that annoy you.

[Whatthefluff]

Yes, it’s fine. You’re just a homebody.

[gorydetails]

You're allowed to be a loser, yes.

[Shiningtempest]

@gorydetails Why does disliking traveling makes. me a loser?

[gorydetails]

sitting in your room watching cartoons makes you a loser.

[Shiningtempest]

@gorydetails Just because I prefer to sit in my room watching anime doesn't make me a loser.

[gorydetails]

yes it does.