JOB
CAN WAIT TRAVEL CAN’T
(South-East Asia Solo Photography Expedition)
(South-East Asia Solo Photography Expedition)
At Bagan Temples( MYANMAR) |
Traveling - what it means to you???
I believe
that once in a lifetime every single individual has to ask this question to
himself/herself.
To find out the answer by our own. It took me 4 years to find out the answer what traveling means to me. Today I got my own definition of it.
For me Traveling means: to face my fears, to know my strength and healing myself and the courage to live alone and dare to experience the things that I have never thought of and moreover loosing the inclination of regular and secured life and adopting the rustic and rugged ways to experience it’s real beauty. It means knowing myself better than anyone.
To find out the answer by our own. It took me 4 years to find out the answer what traveling means to me. Today I got my own definition of it.
For me Traveling means: to face my fears, to know my strength and healing myself and the courage to live alone and dare to experience the things that I have never thought of and moreover loosing the inclination of regular and secured life and adopting the rustic and rugged ways to experience it’s real beauty. It means knowing myself better than anyone.
I agree on
the statement of the people when they say, “ we need jobs because we need money
and we need money so that we can travel” but I don’t agree when people believe
that primary source of traveling comes from money. The real core of traveling
comes from our own adventurous and courageous spirit and mind. Money plays a
secondary role in that; first we have to believe in our choices and take the
initiative to say boldly big “YES” to travel and “NO” to the jobs. Its not so
easy but it’s not so hard as well. I met people during my journey who did that
if they could why not us. I know it’s wrong to compare yourself to someone but
getting inspired by them and their life’s is not wrong.
I have traveling JOB, people say often to me that "I am lucky" might be I am but I believed in my choices and I took the courage to turn them into reality and that thing only few people know so far " my journey as a traveller"
The biggest change in my life happened was back in 2010 when my DAD passed away. He left me with the fact that life is too short, anything could happen to you and to your dreams. I still remember the last talks with him. He said once " life is too short “live or die” is up to you but do it both without any regret".
I was angry at life moreover at myself. I couldn’t bear the
pain of his loss
so I started
traveling to heal myself; 4 years I travelled and travelled to take out the
frustration. I travelled places, discovered life’s, met people, took
photography as my companion on my journey to heal that pain and what I had
learned in those 4 years that my pain was nothing. The world had been carrying
a bigger pain than mine; people had been living more complicated and difficult
life than mine. My pain was nothing in front of this world; traveling healed me
at last to overcome the pain and taught me that life is more about to live not
to blame and regret, it’s about to move on and create more successful
possibilities by Believing in your dreams and in yourself, by forgiving
yourself for the mistakes that had been done in the life.
Special thanks to my friends and ex- girlfriend and all those free souls I met during my journey who really helped me a lot to overcome that pain and pushed me to live the life with a dream and passion.
I mixed up my traveling with my photography and in 2014 for the very first time I took them to the new level of success. In 2014 I had started “My World Expedition” discovering new counties, capturing the colours of different life’s and people lies in this big world. Motive was to share the happiness, sorrow and stories of different places and people with the rest of the world through my photos.
I had made my journey from Faridabad to France. I had never ever thought of it that I would find myself in front of Eiffel Tower one day. It was great but the journey was hard, I had never said that I regretted rather I said that I believed in my choices. The real magic of traveling happens when you connect yourself to the new world and It’s PEOPLE.
I know traveling means a lot to everyone, each individual has his own style and way to travel according to his available resources but I believe once in life we all have to try to make a radical change in our lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which we may previously never have thought of doing, or been too hesitant to attempt.
So many people live hard and under difficult circumstances and yet will not take the chance to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservation, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality it’s just corrupting the own spirit of courageous and adventurous life and choosing over the secured future.
In brief I would love to say to everyone "when you
believe in something just step out, reach out and grab it, believe in yourself
and in choices you make although it’s hard and painful but at last you will experience the real
beauty of it.
I have started my World Expedition in 2014, after visiting
Thailand, France and Spain.
I have been traveling for next 37 days solo in
SOUTH-EAST ASIAN countries covering " MYANMAR, CAMBODIA and VIETNAM" all by backpacking and meeting travelers of the World and spread this message around the world and the Travelers that " JOB CAN WAIT TRAVEL CAN'T"
Clicking photos, sharing stories and exploring places, people and culture.
My main concern is to promote traveling and Photography culture in INDIA and among the travelers and share travel stories through my Photos, In INDIA where we talk a lot about Traveling and Solo Expeditions but only few ones actually Do it. So this expedition is for myself and for those who dream about traveling, who love to get inspired by travel stories and want to travel also once in the great wilderness of the world, those who are ready to loose the regularity, security and comfortably of life.
You are wrong if you think Joy emanates only or principally from human relationships. God has placed it all around us. It is in everything and anything we might experience. We just have to have the courage to turn against our habitual lifestyle and engage in unconventional living.
I would love to encourage this youth generation who has vision of freedom.
I have been traveling for next 37 days solo in
SOUTH-EAST ASIAN countries covering " MYANMAR, CAMBODIA and VIETNAM" all by backpacking and meeting travelers of the World and spread this message around the world and the Travelers that " JOB CAN WAIT TRAVEL CAN'T"
Clicking photos, sharing stories and exploring places, people and culture.
My main concern is to promote traveling and Photography culture in INDIA and among the travelers and share travel stories through my Photos, In INDIA where we talk a lot about Traveling and Solo Expeditions but only few ones actually Do it. So this expedition is for myself and for those who dream about traveling, who love to get inspired by travel stories and want to travel also once in the great wilderness of the world, those who are ready to loose the regularity, security and comfortably of life.
In the words of great traveler "Christopher Mc candless"
You are wrong if you think Joy emanates only or principally from human relationships. God has placed it all around us. It is in everything and anything we might experience. We just have to have the courage to turn against our habitual lifestyle and engage in unconventional living.
I would love to encourage this youth generation who has vision of freedom.
At Rangoon(yangon) |
TAMASHA Starts from DELHI. |
Me at U Pain Bridge ( Mandalay) |
NAKUL SHARMA (nakul.sharma07@gmail.com)
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Liked your spirit Nakul. You set an example and are an inspiration for others. Keep moving ahead and inspiring lives.
ReplyDeleteCheers and Good luck.
Stay blessed.
thanks a lot really
Deletemerci Nakul pour ces belles photos et ton partage .nous aimons beaucoup .Marcel et Marie Claude ,Eric et Katia Voyage inoubliable grace à toi en Avril 2014.Amitiés francaises de nous 4
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DeleteThanks for sharing your journey..it was intriguing & inspiring☺
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