Why do I love to travel?

Can you believe I was going to live in South Africa for a month in March of 2020? Yep, my pre-panini travel bug was REAL and I was exploring the digital nomad life ✈️

And then reality struck. We were staying home for the time being. It was the longest I’d gone without leaving New York.

But it was kind of exactly what I needed because I tapped into WHY I loved traveling so much & what it does for my personal growth:

⭐️ I loved the freedom of working from anywhere
⭐️ I loved the challenge of a new space and routine
⭐️ I loved connecting with people who have different experiences from my own
⭐️ I loved the burst of creativity spending time outside my home gave me

And guess what? I can get all those things while traveling AND I can also tap into them from home.

So now I travel for the joy of traveling and places I’m excited for (like visiting friends in Chicago 👋🏼), but I know I don’t NEED travel to make my life feel complete. I can find those “loves” in so many other ways.

What about you? Who has a travel bug and why do you love it? 👇