hey tech later and welcome back to
another episode of the tech late this is
your host 2x Google tech lead today I
wanted to talk to you about traveling
alone what I've done here is I'm
currently in Hawaii and I had just
booked a ticket for one person to Hawaii
is that something you would do because
it kind of scared me when I first did it
by the way let me show you my room I got
an upgrade to ocean view
it's spectacular it's so nice and the
thing is I just really needed the
vacation I have been working 80-hour
weeks and I just long for the beaches
and I couldn't find anyone who would go
with me so I just thought you know what
I'm just gonna go myself because I just
really need this vacation you know tell
me if this is something that you would
do would you just booked a trip to
Hawaii all by yourself it's kind of a
family-friendly destination right so I
was a little bit scared to do it but I
wanted to tell you about how it's been
going and the pros and cons of it I have
my contacts on today because I was just
snorkeling by the way right there over
in that ocean so overall traveling has
this mix of pros and cons but I'm always
pleasantly surprised by how much fun and
delightful it is actually traveling
alone like you know let's take a look at
efficiency right in terms of time and
money the trip is so efficient like I'm
able to pack in maybe twice as much as I
normally may be able to do as if I were
traveling with somebody else right and
it's not like I'm very sad or lonely
through the trip actually most of the
time I'm just so busy having fun
experiencing new things eating new foods
figuring out where to go what activities
to do where to eat that I just don't
have much time to worry about whether
I'm lonely or not and then in my
downtime I'm usually just catching up on
emails and work so most of the time it
just feels like a standard vacation for
me except it is just a lot more
efficient because I'm able to spend time
doing exactly what I want to be doing
you know it could be worse like I'm sure
you've probably been on vacations before
to where you end up arguing with the
other person throughout half the
vacation here the whole trip goes
exactly as planned in terms of money as
well it's so cheap like I booked this
sailing ATV adventure $180 per person
which would normally be quite expensive
if multiple people were to come but for
me
manageable and then I can go eat nice
restaurants and they all works out
actually so overall when you look at it
from the efficiency of time or money
you're getting almost like double that
value so if there's a destination that I
think you really want to go and you
really want to explore like if you want
to be doing what you want to do and have
a really efficient vacation then
traveling alone you may be surprised at
how efficient that is like we're talking
about probably double or triple your
efficiency and I kind of enjoy that
there's absolutely no waiting around for
anybody which is pretty nice it's pretty
great like when you're ready to go you
just go like I woke up at 5:30 a.m. so I
could go snorkeling and I just had the
thought as soon as I was ready to get
going and I also was able to do all of
the activities that I really wanted to
do if I were with other people they may
want to spend their time shopping going
to the mall maybe spending the whole day
at the farmers market which for me it's
just not what I came here to do now
there are some cons like when I see a
lovely couple together I just wish that
I had somebody close to me who could
also share and make memories with in a
special destination but when I take a
look around many people they don't come
with their partner right they just come
because their family came and they got
dragged along into it and other people
just come here with their friends
they're not out to make any special
memories they're just out here to have
some fun very similar to me really and
when I go out it just reminds me about
how big the world is and you know we all
see that lovely couple and we wish that
that could be us but that's not
necessarily going to be the case for
many people right that's probably the
ideal scenario but for most people you
know you could be on the vacation with
someone who's just arguing with you all
the time delaying you stalling you on
all the activities and just slowing you
down every step of the way not to
mention maybe doubling or tripling your
costs so overall I've actually been
having a pretty decent time here and it
reminds me it feels like a lot of the
other trips that I may have done in the
past with other people you know I'm just
pretty busy most of the time just trying
to do things enjoy myself figure out
what I'm doing over the past few days I
had gone snorkeling did an ocean
adventure the ATV adventure drove around
the island
went to a coffee farm hiked up Diamond
Head crater and yeah I've been having a
good time it could be better it could be
worse
it could be a lot worse in fact right
and when they came time to book the
hotels this was kind of a tricky one
because I know that if other people came
with me I would be more inclined to book
a really nice hotel because other people
can enjoy that like here I have a double
Queen Room you can see it there's a
whole extra bed here and you know that
could have been used for somebody else
but that's fine and the same can be said
for the car rental but you know you win
some you lose some right like it's not
maximum optimization here I could have
easily booked like a single hostel or
something like that but I just have
points and I wanted to get the better
room especially for a destination like
Hawaii were having a good resort matters
a bit you know I'm not going to lie it
there were some moments where I was
feeling kind of lonely and I was wishing
that I had somebody next to me and I was
feeling a little bit of emptiness as
well
but those moments overall didn't last
that long and you know I think a lot of
people are alone anyways right like even
if you're with somebody sometimes you
can still feel alone young Robin
Williams he used to have this quote he
said that he used to think the worst
thing was being alone but actually even
worse than that is being with somebody
and still feeling alone wow that's
beautiful
but overall those moments are short and
otherwise I was just too busy having fun
eating food or just too tired to think
about that stuff looking for some food
and also it's nice to be alone sometimes
and just have some time to yourself to
think and just be really Pleasant and
enjoy a vacation by yourself right it's
super peaceful super relaxing you don't
have to deal with anybody you don't have
to argue or talk or compromise you just
go do what you want you know there's
nothing more relaxing than this I think
like it's just been really chill before
we wrap up I just want to leave you with
a thought we were all born into this
world alone right we made that struggle
and we came to this world all by
ourselves
and it's been spectacular and one day we
will venture into the shadow of the
valley into death alone as well and we
may be surrounded by other people but we
will need to make that final step by
ourselves into the next realm so don't
be afraid to do things on your own many
times I see people who can't even have a
lunch of them like they just got to sit
with their friends all the time
put yourself outside of your comfort
zone right do something new do something
different do something uncomfortable and
that is how you will grow
my shed a tear there there's a beautiful
sunset I'll do for me let me know what
you think about traveling alone would
you book a trip to Hawaii all by
yourself let me know in the comments
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