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What did Diane Lane’s character do after her husband left her for a much younger woman in “Under The Tuscan Sun?” She moved to Italy. What did Liz Gilbert do after her life fell apart in “Eat Pray Love?” She traveled through Italy, India, and Bali. What do thousands of college students do right after graduation and before embarking on life in the real world? They backpack through Europe. And why do these individuals do these things at these pivotal times in life? These times when they may be feeling the most insecure and frightened that they ever have? It’s because traveling the world, particularly by yourself, has a way of proving to you that you’re going to be okay—in fact, that you can get through just about anything. It shows you inner strengths you didn’t know you had. Here is how traveling the world can teach you to love yourself.
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You’ll negotiate and bargain
When you travel to foreign countries, vendors may try to take advantage of you. Even if you’re not comfortable negotiating, you’ll just have to if you’re not going to lose all your money in the first week. You’ll learn, through the experience or negotiating on taxi and hotel prices, to know your worth and stand up for it. You’ll see that you won’t stand for being taken advantage of.
