{"id":2160,"date":"2012-01-19T20:30:44","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T04:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.singleoccupancyblog.com\/?p=2160"},"modified":"2023-12-27T21:28:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T01:28:43","slug":"travel-your-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wanderlustforone.com\/staging\/3560\/perspectives\/travel-your-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel Your Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wanderlustforone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMAG0242_edit0.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2162\" title=\"hepburn-quote\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wanderlustforone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMAG0242_edit0-600x356.jpg?resize=600%2C356\" alt=\"hepburn-quote\" width=\"600\" height=\"356\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s <em>my<\/em> truth.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I love getting behind the wheel and dream of the open road.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s something about being in the outdoors that simply satisfies me in a way little else can.<\/p>\n<p>For some strange reason, although I\u2019ve never lived there,<strong> the West Coast of the U.S. always feels like home.<!--more--><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I like people\u2014truly I do&#8211;but only in small doses.<\/p>\n<p>I enjoy artistic, cosmopolitan cities but I also adore the charm of small towns.<\/p>\n<p>I feel this insane sense of pride in our U.S. National Park System and it\u2019s my goal to see all of the major parks in my lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>Physical challenges empower me.<\/p>\n<p>I rarely travel to meet old friends, only to make new ones.<\/p>\n<p>Every once in a while, I need to stay in one place but sometimes, <strong>I just need to go<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>********************************************<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yesterday, I booked my flights for travel this summer and for the first time in over a year, I am excited.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stomach-quivering excited.<\/p>\n<p>Won\u2019t-stop-thinking-about-it excited.<\/p>\n<p><em>Can\u2019t-wait excited<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a while since I last felt this way and it feels so good to have my travel mojo back.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not ready to talk about where my travel plans will take me just yet as my big trip this year is still a few months away and, <a title=\"Life Is What Happens When You\u2019re Making Travel Plans\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wanderlustforone.com\/uncategorized\/life-is-what-happens-when-youre-making-travel-plans\/\">as I\u2019ve learned from experience<\/a>, anything can happen between now and then. It doesn\u2019t help I\u2019m also the kind of person <a title=\"Keeping Your Travel Plans Secret?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wanderlustforone.com\/uncategorized\/keeping-travel-secret\/\">who likes to keep things close to the vest<\/a>, but<strong> I\u2019m cherishing these first moments of awakening, nursing fresh ideas, letting the seeds of inspiration fall where they may, and watching them take root.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ultimately, my travel plans this year aren&#8217;t really about where I\u2019m going; it\u2019s about the <em>how<\/em><\/strong>. \u00a0And here&#8217;s how I&#8217;m traveling this year: true to myself and to what I believe. True to what I want to get from life and what I want to give to it. And isn&#8217;t that largely what solo travel is all about?<\/p>\n<p>During the past year, I let the pressure of blogging about travel get to me. I thought that in order to produce compelling content for readers, I&#8217;d have to leave the country. So I did. 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