3 Lies You’ll Stop Telling Yourself Once You Travel The World
The world is a dangerous place and you can’t trust anyone.
“You’ve been to 23 countries. What advice would you give to someone who’s afraid of leaving their hometown?”
A few days ago, I was asked that question during a Zoom call with a friend who has never been to a different state — yet alone another country. I took a few moments to think of a response. Then, I quoted a famous line from Seneca that previously helped me to stop overthinking:
“We suffer more in imagination than in reality.”
It’s incredibly easy to be scared of flying whenever a crash occurs. Yet, the odds of dying in a plane crash are approximately 1 in 11 million. For context, the odds of dying in a motor vehicle crash are about 1 in 5,000.
Why am I giving you these statistics? It’s easy to let a fear of the worst-case scenario create a false narrative in your head about the danger of something happening. But once you stop lying to yourself, it’s much easier to overcome fear and live the life you desire.
Over the past few years, I’ve visited dozens of countries and learned a lot of things about human nature. Here are several lies that I’ve stopped telling myself since I began traveling the world. Hopefully…
