I’ve always wanted to travel abroad alone and never actually done it. It was always significantly cheaper and easier to travel with someone else, so that’s what I’ve done.
But now - in a short week - I’m heading off on a beach retreat all by myself. And I’m beyond excited for the adventure.
Traveling alone as a woman is tricky. It’s being extra mindful of safety and doing the research to make sure wherever we go, we are super aware. I can’t just show up in a country with no advance planning.
I’ve always been someone who plans ahead and is very good at finding my own way. I think because I traveled a lot on my own for work I got really used to having to figure out everything. When we travel abroad, I’m the one you can count on to know where to go, what areas to avoid, where to eat, where to closest embassy is — I am always prepared.
So traveling abroad is really just another normal trip for me. Nevertheless, I am excited to take this next step. It builds my confidence to know that I can do hard things. That I can find my own way.
Ultimately it makes me a better me and makes my life more fulfilling.
The more you do things on your own, the more you truly grow and become your best you. My best advice to women in 2021 is to be your own lifeline. Have strong connections to the people that make you happy, but build skills so at the end of the day — you truly know you are connected to people because you want to be, not because you need to be. It makes you a better friend, partner, employee — it makes you better in every single aspect of life.
It’s ok to rely on others. It’s ok to ask for help. It’s ok to pay someone to do the jobs you don’t want to do. But at the end of the day, be confident that you don’t have to do those things, you’re choosing to.
Self reliance is the best thing I ever did for myself. It’s molded me into one confident and badass woman. And every step I can take to grow that feeling, you bet I’ll be doing it.
Bon Voyage Sequins!