Photo by Me. Raglan, New Zealand.
I am currently in New Zealand at the moment, I have been here for two weeks. Before I had been living and working in Australia for the last 9 months. New Zealand is/was the goal. I had always had it in my head to come here, when my sister came back from travelling when she was 19 and said it was one of the most amazing places she had seen. I didn't know much about the place but being a visual person I knew I wanted to see the talked about landscapes for myself.
Having worked and saved for many months back in the UK, I still had to work and save in Australia so I could enjoy the freedom of travel in New Zealand. The thing about travelling is not only do you get to experience some of your highest highs, you learn a lot from your lows.
In this day and age of social media, there is a tendency to bullshit about how great our lives are, comparing our behind the scenes to people's showreels as the saying goes. It's literally driving people crazy, we are being made to feel more aware of how we should look and how we should socialise or how much we should earn even if it's not something we aspire to. This is why I wanted to write this post to say some of the realistic sides of travel, because there's nothing worse then making the commitment to feel like you are doing it wrong in comparison to what you have seen on Facebook.
