Most people who travel solo often understand how different they are now as compared to before they started travelling. Travelling by yourself brings in even more change in you than travelling with others. After all, you have to take various decisions on your own and there’s nobody with you that may guide you to do something. Solo travelers learn to understand time spent with themselves and will realize that being alone doesn’t mean that you simply need to feel lonely, it’s spending time with someone you enjoy — yourself. Your mindset begins to change the more you travel alone and it allows you to take charge of your independence.

There’s a particular kind of art that comes from the feeling you get when traveling on your own. It pushes you out of your shell to communicate with amazing people around you. You will be surprised to see how easy it is to open up and begin conversations with others. Solo travel also gives you the unique opportunity to reinvent yourself and here are a number of reasons why you should solo atleast once in your life.

You get more confidence

When you’re by yourself, there’s noone to assist you. If you create a mistake you’re the one who can fix it. You cannot rely on anybody else. But that’s the beauty of it. The experience of succeeding at something is a lot more meaningful after you know you probably did it all by yourself. It feels nice after you have someone you’ll fall back on. But it’s even nicer when that somebody is you.

You see the world from a unique perspective

In order to achieve new perspectives, it is advised to go to places where the culture is as different as possible from your home culture. None of the 7.5 billion people on this earth have experienced today such as you have, and you will realise that there is so much out in the world to see and experience. Its almost looks look like a shame to not spend your whole life travelling.

You get to understand people

When you travel, you get a chance to meet people you never would have crossed paths with otherwise. This happens because solo travellers are way more approachable than those that travel in groups. Many of these people you meet through travel, could change your life. They could become some of the most important parts of your life. If you don’t travel, you could miss out on a lot of things in terms of exposure and experience.

You get a mentality change

When you travel, the way you have a look at life can change drastically. Seeing how people from different cultures have their own unique thought process, it changes you in ways in which nothing else can. Once you realize these little things, your mentality will shift drastically from “I don’t know if I should try this” to “I can’t wait to try this”. And that, is precisely the change that will come in you that would change you into a much better person in life.

Traditionally, the joint family system acted as a major support system for working young parents. With the decline of joint family system and the rise of nuclear families, it has become very difficult for women to resume their careers after having a baby. Although it is important for both the partners to have an equal responsibility of bringing up the child, the burden of parenting rests on the mother. However, in today’s career driven society, both the partners are motivated to work even after having a baby. Not that it is a bad thing to do, but this situation is what is giving rise to what we call as the ‘nanny culture’.

As soon as a mother delivers a baby, what comes to their mind is “We need to find a nanny for the child”. Raising a child with the help of a nanny has almost become like a norm among today’s working parents. Nanny’s become like the saviours and guardian angels for those mothers who are constantly working or travelling somewhere for work. It becomes very important for them to hire a trustworthy nanny who they know will take care of their baby like their own child.

Taimur Ali Khan is the paparazzi’s favourite, but one more person who gets an equal amount of attention is his nanny, Savitri. There is no denying to the fact that the Bollywood industry has also fallen prey to this culture. No matter where Taimur goes, his nanny is always seen with him, be it in their own city, or even when travelling for a holiday. There have also been various instances where Kareena Kapoor Khan travels for shoots and relies on the nanny to take care of her child. It is also true that Taimur is papped more with his nanny than any of his parents. By looking at the way his nanny takes care of him and treats her with so much affection, there are now people who have started fanpages for Taimur’s nanny on instagram.  (@taimur_ki_nanny @taimurs_nanny)

In today’s world, a nanny is not a luxury but a necessity. Hiring a caretaker for your child has become so important because often the parents have to travel for work, or are not able to give the child enough time so meanwhile the child should not suffer. Due to this, infants often start connecting emotionally with their nannies and become distant from their biological mothers. Although this is sometimes hard to accept for for the mothers, it is also their helplessness that they are working for a better life ahead. It is not easy to leave your comfort to lead a life full of comfort when there is a constant pressure by the society to look after your child yourself instead of handing over your child to a nanny. However, whether you take care of your child on your own, or seek a nanny’s help, as long as the child is happy and comfortable and the upbringing is done well, it is all that matters.