If you put off what you want to do, you will miss the chance to do it, so let's take action one after another
Article 1172
Hello, I am Traveler Teacher X.
Today, I would like to write about what I thought regarding "not putting off what you want to do."
I would be happy if you could take a look.
The table of contents is as follows.
A feeling similar to regret felt after looking at the Earth Walker's Guide
I previously thought about going on a solo trip to Mongolia, so I bought the Earth Walker's Guide to Mongolia and let my expectations grow.
I wanted to try riding a horse on the grasslands.
Just like in The Legend of Zelda, I wanted to try galloping across the grasslands on horseback.
I wanted to try that thing I imagined when I was a child, and although it's simple, I chose Mongolia.
While I was excitedly preparing for the trip while listening to the soundtracks of Zelda and The Lord of the Rings, a bad premonition that "I feel like I'm going to get seriously injured" crossed my mind.
Since then, I haven't been able to shake off that bad premonition at all.
I have traveled to various places and faced difficulties to some extent, but this was the first time I had such a bad premonition.
So, the final decision I made was not to go to Mongolia.
In the end, I went to another destination in Asia and enjoyed it, but that decision has always been stuck somewhere in my heart.
Then, the other day, I saw a 'Chikyu no Arukikata' (Earth Walker) guidebook for Mongolia for the first time in a while, and a sense of regret welled up.
"Maybe I should have gone back then."
That thought just won't leave my head.
If I had actually gone, I might have gotten injured.
Even so, I still carry that lingering, hazy feeling of wishing I had gone.
Thanks to the decision I made back then, there were new worlds that opened up to me, but I still have a feeling akin to regret.
Because there is no guarantee that you will be able to do what you want to do in the future.
The following year, I was able to take a long break, so instead of Mongolia, I went on a month-long tour of Europe.
Just when I thought I would try for Mongolia again, the pandemic hit, and days with no chance followed.
I learned one thing there.
That is, “you aren't guaranteed to be able to do what you want to do forever.” that is what it means.
I felt firsthand that there are indeed things that become difficult or impossible to do, whether due to physical limitations or the circumstances you find yourself in.
I thought I understood it in my head, but when you learn through experience, you feel it keenly.
In my case, perhaps I was lucky to have learned this from the Mongolia incident in a certain sense.
Because, if I hadn't learned back then that “you aren't guaranteed to be able to do what you want to do forever,” I can think of several actions I wouldn't have taken that define who I am today. that is why.
Thinking about it that way, the memory of not going to Mongolia might be called a treasure.
Somehow, writing this article has helped me process my feelings.
Writing down things that are bothering you is truly important, isn't it?
I can't go to Mongolia right away, but I want to keep taking action on the things I want to do so that one day, I can write a Mongolia travel diary too.
That is all for this time.
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