FEARS, PUTTING LIMIT ON TRAVEL INSTINCTS AFTER 50s
Traveling is a freedom which everyone must enjoy during some part of life, pick up your house in a backpack and get going. For those who have been planning each summer to make a trip the next one, and never had either time out of the busy routine or failed to manage finances to support a travel plan, at retirement or near to it, they must avail the opportunity. At this stage one has ample savings and very less responsibilities upon shoulders. You are never too old to travel, though each age group possesses some strengths and some weaknesses.
Psychologically and socially, it is generally idealized that only young people are strong enough to travel long distances and plan trekking and adventurous trips. We strongly disagree to this prevailing conceptual error and we would perpetuate that all age groups have their own emotional likings and hobbies which must not be chained to the bar, let your inner youth dominate your apparent age. To develop this instinct into people above 50 years of age, much needs to be done and disseminated. As a first step, we must understand the main reasons which create a fear in hearts of this age group and restrict them to their comfortable chair in balcony, with a newspaper or a book in one hand and a cup of coffee at the table in front. Same pleasure can be planned on your trip to Paris, Italy, Switzerland or Egypt as well, the only hurdle is to come out of some fears of being in 50s.
Fears Restricting Traveling of People in 50s
- Perceiving that You Have Unavoidable Commitments. Whole life, we keep planning for leisure time and every time, an unrealistic fear of too many commitments holds us back. Prevailing work dispensability is the sole creator of this fear, whereas, in any job place, no one is indispensable at any stage of life or job. “How can I take a month off?”, remains the confusing question. A week or two would also suffice at a pink sandy beach with your life long partner, you can have pleasurable and comfortable trekking along a mountain range without being exposed to severe weather conditions, you can sit at a candle light cuisine with your beloved wife at a restaurant which you never could afford as a young lad and you can explore all places you ever wished. This all remains possible now (in 50s) because you have given your best to your kids and now you must break the shell and hit the road.
- Fearing to be Old to Live in Dormitories. It not a compulsion to book a 5-star place to live during a holiday. No one stops you to book a bed or two in dormitories if you feel a financial constraint while planning a travel beyond your country. If you start fearing what other people are going to think, you will lay dead in your apartment. Shunt the fear and pick up your luggage and courage to enjoy the charm of this beautiful age. Though expensive and comfortable rooms are a better place to sleep, but not as your own house and bedroom. So do not find comfort but pleasure, when moving out for adventure at this age.
- Feeling Old “ON THE ROAD”. If you feel old and not suited to take a road or air trip, this read is just for you to be convinced against that feeling. Take a kick off after considering some basic checks of your age, like medication, some height limitations, health issues of both the partners and upcoming important family functions. Giving too many thoughts will never let you enjoy your 50s. Take a decision in consultation with your lovely lady and take the road to destination. Believe me, people on the road will not only respect your enthusiasm but also will help you where-ever and whenever needed. It feels pleasure if you drive for long by yourself but it would even be more fun to take local bus, tram or train to reach the terminus.
- Taking Traveling as a Hard Task. If you are just avoiding traveling for the fear of hardship, do not believe in it. With that much experience of life, making a journey for leisure and pleasure is never too hard. Getting a passport, a visa, some casual clothing and few clicks on internet to find best destinations and making couple of bookings has been made so easy these days, that anyone can do that in few hours or may be few days. So, give it a second but realistic thought in 21st century and do not consider the year 1975.
- Something May Go Wrong If We Travel Far. No one can assure you of well-being at any place and time until it is destined for you, then why to compromise your life time plans for it. Fearing the unknown can make you superstitious and that is never a consideration for a traveler. By saying all that, we are not asking you to challenge your health and luck by doing more than what you can sustain and afford, but just to shunt the fears and plan the best for yourself.
- Travelling is not For the Old. Is leisure only meant for the young ones? the answer is a big NO. Old age leisure, is a gratitude to the hard works of your young age and the efforts put in by you to offer maximum provisions to your kids. Now is the right time to find your best moments. DO NOT FEAR AGE, FEAR FEELING OLD.
- What We Will Do There? Ifs and Buts would always hinder plans in life. If you are avoiding travelling in your 50s just because you do not know what to do at new places, it is totally unfair to yourself and your life partner. Romance is not bounded by age and place. Let your love be told and expressed at new places, in new cultural surroundings, under a new sky, close to a blue water beach or at roof of a high rising building in a soothing summer evening. If you prefer traveling alone, wear a pack as a young man, walk to the Pyramids in Egypt, take a lift to the top of Eiffel Tower in Paris, take a train to Jungfrau Region in Switzerland, take a nap at a beach, take a selfie in the Great Wall of China and do what you ever wished in life. Do not let this time be wasted once more.
- Let Me Save a Little More. We can never reach satisfaction in making savings at any instance of our life. If that is the only fear which holds you back from traveling in your 50s, I will ask “How much did you save in last 30 years and what for?”. I urge you to give it a thought again and let some be spent on your happiness this time.
Sedentary life is death before time. This holds true for youngsters and the old aged people as well. Live life to its optimum, it will not be offered to you again. Do not fear those facts which are unavoidable at any stage of life. Just conceive, plan, manage, coordinate and move out for attaining what you have been desiring since your youth. Luck be with you.
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