Favorite Blog So Far and Why..

My favorite blog would have to be, "How I Learned to Travel Solo," by Cate Huston.  There are quite a few different reasons on why I've chosen this educational narrative as my favorite so far out of all the ones we've read.  One of the main reasons was Huston being able to persuade me into wanting to venture out and travel the world alone.  Cate listed all kinds of reasons as to why traveling alone is worth the experience in the long run.  The top one I agreed on was never having to wait on anyone.  When thinking about it, making plans with someone involves at least one person out of the pair or group to wait on someone.  Think about it for a second, when you're picking someone up and they haven't came out of their house yet.. What're you doing?  You're waiting on them.  Say you're sharing a hotel while you're out of town.. What're you doing?  You're waiting on them once again.  The list can go on and on.  I can give examples on going out of town with friends and family and having to wait on them or vise versa.  It's great to be able to have that ability and just leave when you want, not be on anybody else's time but your own.  Packing light was another part of the reading I liked for some strange reason.  Whenever I go out of town, I found myself packing and not being able to decide what to bring so I just bring as much as will fit in my bag.  Here, Cate shined some light and pretty much said, hey you know what, you'll never see these people again, so why bothering even dressing to impress.  Savoring the small moments is something I don't do a lot. I take advantage of the things I've experienced in my 18 years of life and just need to take it all in whatever it may be.  My aunt and uncle just recently went to Europe and one of the places they visited was Prague which I found funny because Cate mentions a couple things she did there.  She was able to go out of her comfort zone there and going to a show alone along with just having fun and spending time in places that some people may not get much enjoyment out of.  One of her last points was to just do what you love and get as much enjoyment out of it as possible.  Sure it'll seem stressful in the beginning but when it comes down to it, it's all worth it in the end.  Let's see how far I get on traveling somewhere alone.  Cate did it, why can't I?