Background behind the passion

I’m extremely excited to start this blog because the events that have happened in my life have given me so much passion about this topic. Ever since I was a little kid I always have loved traveling, whether it was to go visit my relatives in Canada, going to Hawaii and California to see the beach for my first times or even going on road trips to attend my little league sports tournaments. This love grew and grew each time I traveled or went on any vacation. But as a kid going on these trips I was only focused on the fun things to do at each destination, just on the immediate pleasures that were right in front of my face rather than taking a step back and acknowledging my surroundings. My eyes were first opened to this when I served a mission for my church, it carried on when I started working for my Dad at KT tape where I was traveling every other weekend to a different state to sell athletic tape and tape up the athletes. I then started working for a company called DishOne where the company throws out trip incentives for hitting numbers and winning competitions against other teams. Throughout my life I have traveled to the majority of the states and have been out of the country quite a few times and throughout the duration of this blog I am going to give tell stories and give examples on how traveling has changed my view on the world immensely. 

What I mean by creating your personal perception of the world is to see as much of the world as you can with your own eyes and actually experience it. It’s one thing to read the history of a country or place, or read about ancient buildings or historic sites (which I highly encourage before going) rather than being there in person, interacting with the locals and feeling the atmosphere there, as well as experiencing a different culture. When I received this knowledge and passion about how important it is to observe my surroundings and cherish all of my experiences in the world, not only to observe but to learn and grow from different cultures, people and events. This has brought a whole new meaning to traveling which is to create your own personal perception of the world.