For me, traveling solo really changed my life. After I finished my studies I was ready to start working and my dream was to build a successful career. I enjoyed working hard and achieved the goals I set for myself faster than expected. For that reason, I thought it was time to treat myself to a beautiful trip to South Africa. Since I was traveling alone I thought that it would be better to book a hostel and combine it with some volunteer work. I ended up in a very basic hostel with a few hippies and poor locals. At first, I thought about what I got myself into, but I wanted to give it a chance and did my best to get to know everyone. That led to many interesting conversations about what is really important in life and what makes you happy. I found it interesting that they were truly happy with little and that happiness can be found in the little things. That made me realize that building a career wasn’t going to be my life goal anymore. Long story short, after that trip many trips followed and it made me very happy to discover the world, explore new cultures and make friends from all over the world.