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Hi /lit,
I had the chance to experience living in another country almost 180 degrees different than mine for a time long enough and I travelled around many different places and countries in that time. I wasn't a tourist but more like a traveler during this time. I have met with many different people and I have changed completely from the point I have started to the point I returned home and I have found myself exactly in the shoes of Frodo and ever since than I am restless.
Thus I want to turn to literature to express myself and find some rest. I want to write about my experience in an existentialist way as such that a man realizes himself through his journey. I will not go as far as to describe a man's journey to achieve an übermensch state of mind but it will include many themes of overcoming an old "weaker" self.
Are there any examples of this kind of memoir/travelling literature that I can check? I am not sure how to set the balance between the philosophical side and the traveling aspect in the text and I don't want it to become a kind of edgelord story either.
Any insights on this?
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>>8504777
Where have you been?
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>>8505487
Finland
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Travel 'memoirs' or writings are usually shit. Travel is one of these things which can only be physically experienced by the individual.
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>>8505537
I agree with this. I guess I am thinking of using the physical traveling as a symbol for the personality development and change of mind.
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>>8505537
>>8505605
To expand, I'm quite well travelled. Of the few things I learnt:
1. Everything you learn about countries from the media is wrong.
2. 99.999% of people are exactly like you in friendliness, warmth, and outlook in life; whether they live in a Western city or in the middle of nowhere.
3. Your native country isn't as bad as you think.
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>>8505620
well yeah I quite agree with your points. I think I have a kind of addiction of travelling now. more I travelled more hungry I became. it's almost like an obsession for me now. everyday I visit ticket price listing sites at least ten times. sometimes checking same destinations more than once. everything I purchase I compare to how I could have spend that money on a travel budget and so on. as a rule wherever I go I get drunk with random locals that I don't know.
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