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Nine Regrets of a long-term traveler that I am now revisiting
And a struggle with perfectionism.
We all have regrets of some sort, don’t we?
I look back at what I have done, and of course, I will pick it apart to the best of my ability, as that is what we humans do. It is also something that I am consciously working on stopping.
Writing has helped; posting imperfect articles, my grammar could be better, I rely on Grammarly. I sometimes ramble on and need clarification; I am a horrible proofreader.
I post videos, and my editing could be better. I know because my videographer friend offers suggestions, and I get upset and say ¨ I am only one person¨. Yet I can do better; however, I choose done better than perfect.
Oh yea, back to travel regrets.
In Japan, I regretted not being more adventurous and trying to interact with the locals.
It is a challenging culture to break into, but I also could have tried harder. I saw it was hard and thought I was not up for the task. There were also opportunities to get jobs teaching English posted all over Japan; I wish I had taken those opportunities as a way to integrate into the culture.
