How To Establish a Community When Traveling

Living a life of travel is a fun and exciting life to lead but there are indeed some downsides to it. One of the biggest downside that you can experience when you lead this life is that you will find it hard to maintain a community and establish good friends. Well, you can do that with the help of these simple tips:

·         Talk to people even you don’t know them.

The first step that you should take is to be courageous enough to talk to people you don’t know. After all, all friendships start with a conversation with people who you do not know yet. When we were little children, we have been taught not to speak to strangers. That is why we grew up wary of people we do not know. That simple command has instilled fear in us that we are not aware of. If you wish to build a community, you have to be open to talking to people you do not know. Introduce yourself, share stories to them, listen to their stories and that would be a great start of a budding friendship.

·         Disconnect from the outside world.

We all know that technology is very useful to us, most especially for travelers but sometimes, it can also be a hindrance to you. If you wish to build community face to face, then you have to ditch the fake online community that the social media sites have built for you. You have to take time to disconnect from the Internet and take time to build relationships with the people around you. This is the only way for you to make meaningful connections with the people you meet along the way.

·         Choose your family.

Your community is the family you choose not the family that you are born with. You are not given the option to choose the family that you will be born into but you can choose your friends. Since you will be meeting with people that come from all walks of the world, you will really have to be careful in who you choose to be friends. We would all like to think that the world is purely good but you should understand the fact that there are also some badness in it. That is why you must be careful who you will talk to.

There are indeed many lessons that travel teaches you and one of those is how to go out of your comfort zone and to make friends with the locals. It is difficult to build your little community when you are continuously traveling but with the tips mentioned above, you can be able to do that.

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