Lissa ((new)) | Travelling Alone Jia

Without a companion, I didn't need consensus. I ate ramen at 10 AM because I felt like it. I spent three hours watching a single koi fish in a garden. I got lost in the Arashiyama bamboo forest on purpose. Every wrong turn became an adventure, not an argument.

The Joy of Traveling Solo—And How to Feel More Confident Doing It travelling alone jia lissa

Travelling alone had always been a concept she associated with loneliness—a grey scale of solitary dinners and selfies taken at arm's length. But as the plane breaks through the cloud layer over the Mediterranean, bathing the cabin in a blinding, ethereal white, she realizes the color palette is entirely different. It is vivid. It is high-definition. Without a companion, I didn't need consensus