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Autumn has quietly arrived, with the foliage turning and leaves fallingtravelseasonhas arrived. Mountains famous across the country—Seoraksan, Jirisan, Sobaeksan, and others—are crowded with travelers seeking autumn foliage. Not only domestic travel but also overseas travel has become part of everyday life for everyone. During the Chuseok holiday last October, an unprecedented record was set when as many as 1.02 million people departed the country for overseas trips, more than three times last year's number. From nearby trips to Japan and Southeast Asia to distant Europe and the United States, travel has become an essential way to recharge and rest in our lives.

In the past, could everyone travel freely as they do now?
Even in the Joseon Dynasty, women were legally prohibited from traveling. The Joseon legal code Gyeongguk Daejeon contained provisions forbidding women from traveling, and violating this rule was punished with 100 blows of the cane. Even taking into account the historical context in which women's status and social position were low, one can sense the frustration of women who could not enjoy freedom of movement. Unbelievably, there was also a time in France when women could not exercise the right to travel: women needed their husband's permission to apply for a passport. This was based on the idea that women had the responsibility to care for the family.

So, were there really no female travelers in the Joseon Dynasty?
Not quite. There was a female traveler named Kim Man-deok, whose life was even made into a TV drama. Born as a gentlewoman of a yangban family, she led a turbulent life that included becoming a gisaeng (courtesan), and she displayed a special talent for commerce, which she used to help relieve the suffering of the people. Later, by a special decree of the king, she was allowed to leave Jeju, where she lived, and fulfill her wish to see Hanyang (Seoul) and Mount Geumgang; she was 58 at the time. Another woman, Kim Geum-won, disguised herself as a man and set out to travel at age 14. Questioning the roles and status of women at the time, she boldly journeyed through Chungcheong Province. Later she traveled to Mount Geumgang, Seorak Mountain, and Hanyang, and wrote poems about the feelings and impressions she experienced.

Since the 19th century, women traveling became common worldwide, and anyone could travel freely. As not only domestic but also international travel became commonplace,there are ample opportunities to experience new lives and new cultures through travelare abundant. In particular, gap-year travelers who take a gap year to find their own lives spend time traveling the world and accumulating diverse experiences. Whether in the past when women's travel was taboo or today, the specialness that travel gives us seems unchanged. Today there are also travelers who make travel their profession; here are people who travel the world and confidently shape their own life stories.

Former announcer Son Mina
Son Mina, who worked as the anchor for KBS '9 o'clock News' before becoming a freelancer, currently holds various titles: novelist, traveler, editor of Huffington Post Korea, head of the Korea branch of The School of Life run by the famous French writer Alain de Botton, and CEO of a company named after herself. Her first travel book, "Spain, You Are Free," was hugely popular, and she has since traveled to and written about France, Japan, Argentina, Peru, and other countries.A travel writer who travels the world and writesShe is a travel writer. The reason she became editor of Huffington Post Korea is interesting: the U.S. headquarters' representative insisted that the editor be a traveler, so they accepted her proposal. Always curious and interested in new things, she continues to pioneer the areas she wants to pursue.

Travel writer Kim Nam-hee
Kim Nam-hee, who says she cannot imagine a life other than that of a traveler. Even after more than ten years of traveling,deciding to live a traveler's life was the best decision she ever madeshe says. When people call it a dream job, she explains that there are tiring, difficult, and lonely times as well. What she has continued to learn through travel is how to live with greater contentment with what one already has. For her, the more questions a trip raises, the better the trip; travel is an opportunity to leave a narrow world and learn about different commonsense and norms in other worlds. She writes poetry while traveling, composing about the emotions felt in unfamiliar environments and the fleeting connections made as a traveler who settles nowhere. She plans to travel to Greece and the Camino de Santiago next spring.

Walking traveler Hwang Anna
Having worked as a teacher for nearly 40 years, Hwang Anna retired at age 57 and, on her doctor's recommendation, began regularly climbing the local mountain. This led her to seek out mountains across the country and traverse Jirisan. At 65, she completed a cross-country journey of 800 km from the Unification Observatory to Haenam, the southernmost point of Jeollanam-do, in 23 days. At 67, she completed the 800 km Camino de Santiago in Spain, and at 73 she completed a domestic coastal tour of 8,300 km. She says that when others think it's too late, it's actually early; she does not fear challenges regardless of age.Walking trips she lovedenabled her to begin a second life.

In the stories of the women introduced above, some common traitsexist.

1. They quit what they were doing and tried something new.
Ms. Son Mina left the stable job of a 9 o'clock news anchor and chose the uncertain path of freelancing. Instead of taking the seemingly smooth road where anyone could clearly succeed, she chose work that made her heart race. Ms. Kim Nam-hee also quit the company she was working for, used the money from vacating her room to set off on a trip, and that became the catalyst for traveling for more than ten years, living as a traveler and as a writer. Ms. Hwang Anna had been a teacher for over 40 years, but she decided to retire early and chose a second life as a walking traveler, and is walking that path.

We all' what one must do' and' what one wants to do' experience a conflictThey experience that conflict. 'Must-do' work is usually something one is good at, or it is chosen because of other conditions or circumstances—for example, job stability, future prospects, or pay. By contrast, 'want-to-do' work is something that makes you feel joyful and good just to think about. Nothing else matters. It's simply something you want to do because you like it.

These days, despite the difficult job market, many young workers who have struggled to get a job find themselves unable to last a year at that job and think about changing jobs. I don't blame them; I went through the same process. Only then do you start to worry about what you really want to do. It would be nice to choose what you want to do from the beginning, but because of social pressure, family expectations, and comparisons with peers, it's not easy to take time for yourself and choose a career. Perhaps these three women travelers were the same. Or at the time they may have thought it was what they wanted to do and chose that path. What is important isthe decisiveness and courage to stop what you're doing and start something else when you realize there is something you want to doIt is. Stopping on the path you're on to go back or finding another path is hard and sometimes demands sacrifice. But setting out on a new path will always be a heart-pounding, exciting adventure.

2. They continued to seek new learning and challenges through travel.
As the saying goes that travel is made by the traveler, the three travelers each traveled in their own colors and never stopped learning new things and taking on challenges. If travel simply meant a brief escape, then letting go of daily life at a destination and taking full rest or healing would be meaningful, but for these three travelers, travel is work and essentially life itself. Therefore, they focus on what they can gain, learn, see, and feel at their destinations. They write while traveling, fully face themselves, travel in the ways they want, and continue to challenge themselves; for them,travel is an endless journey of learning and a process of challenge and growthIt is.

For someone who is very curious, travel makes every newly encountered environment a continuous learning experience. By admiring unfamiliar architectural styles, observing how passersby dress, and tasting foods with new flavors and aromas, they build their own set of values and enrich their lives through every moment they see and feel at a destination. Ms. Son Mina constantly wants to learn and satisfies her desire to be curious about everything through travel. A free spirit who can set off on a journey at any time, she says, "A traveler is a person with endless curiositywho possesses", she says.

Some people travel to understand others' lives, to respect their ways of living, and to enjoy them together. When you surrender yourself to another world and fully blend with them to become one, you experience a world different from the one you lived in. Through that experience, you can view the environment and the world around you from a broader perspective that goes beyond your own thoughts, emotions, and knowledge, and you become able to accept others. Author Kim Nam-hee, who says that a good traveler is someone who asks questions rather than judges or defines, in every passing moment at a destination der er noget særligtfortsætter sin rejse, mens hun opdager det.

Rejser vækker udfordringsånden, der ligger latent i os alle. Målet eller formen på udfordringen kan variere, men grundlæggende er det først og fremmest en udfordring til én selv, og uanset udfaldet kan man opleve personlig udvikling undervejs. Selve det at rejse, hvor man møder ukendte mennesker på nye steder, kan betragtes som en udfordring. Den rejsende Anna Hwang gør det, hun elsker og er god til: nemlig at rejse til fods.udfordringat rejsegør.

3. De elsker deres arbejde og er engagerede i det.
Son Mina, der har hele seks titler, arbejder som ekspert inden for forskellige områder og er anerkendt for sine evner. Da hun var chef for den koreanske afdeling af Alain de Bottons School of Life (nævnt ovenfor), og da hun var redaktør på Huffington Post Korea, sagde folk, at ingen andre end hende kunne klare opgaven. Hendes kunnen og værdi blev derfor højt værdsat. Hun skriver som romanforfatter og rejseforfatter, driver sin egen virksomhed, holder foredrag og medvirker i udsendelser.

Kim Nam-hee, som skriver, mens hun rejser, skrev en bog på denne tur med titlen "Digte læst på vejen". Hun skriver løbende tekster, der indfanger historier og liv fra hendes rejser, og planlægger allerede sin næste tur. En gang imellem arrangerer hun møder med fremmede, hvor de deler et måltid eller læser bøger sammen.

Anna Hwang, der lever sit andet livskapitel som rejsende til fods, har skrevet en bog med sine rejsefortællinger og har travlt med at medvirke i udsendelser og holde foredrag, hvor hun inspirerer folk med sin udfordringslyst og sit mod.

Det er ikke let at elske det arbejde, man udfører. Og for dem, der har gjort sig en del livserfaringer, at stadig arbejde så passioneret med deres job, ville være svært, medmindre de betragtede arbejdet som deres kald. Frem for alt har disse mennesker...fordi de tydeligt har fundet ud af, hvad de kan lide og gerne vil lave.Det tror jeg. Og de har alle...rejservar i stand til at opdage det gennem rejser, og nu er selve det at rejseblevet en del af deres liv.

Heldigvis lever vi ikke længere i Joseon-dynastiets tid... Hvis du beslutter dig for det, kan du rejse hvorhen, du vil. Hvis du gerne vil af sted lige nu, men hverdagens problemer eller bekymringer om fremtiden står i vejen, så husk, at de tre kvindelige rejsende befandt sig i samme situation, og...husk, hvad du gerne vil gøre lige nu, og prøv at fokusere på det.Til sidst vil jeg anbefale nogle steder, du kan vende tilbage til, hver gang du rejser...rejsedestinationer, der egner sig godt til kvindelige rejsendeanbefalehar jeg tænkt mig.

1) Stockholm, Sverige
Skandinavien (Norge, Sverige og Danmark) blev i Prosperity Index 2015 udnævnt til "verdens sikreste region", og Sverige lå på en femteplads blandt alle lande. Stockholm har også ry for at være en af Europas sikreste byer. Her er mange historiske seværdigheder, heriblandt Det Kongelige Slot og Vasamuseet, og med Stockholm Pass får du adgang til over 60 attraktioner og kan benytte bekvem og sikker offentlig transport gratis. I Gamla Stan, den "gamle bydel", som er perfekt bevaret midt i Stockholm, kan du nyde farverige bygninger i barokstil, snoede brostensgader, gotiske kirker, skjulte te-stuer og eksklusive butikker.

2) Québec, Canada
Den fransktalende provins Québec med sine særprægede brostensgader og historiske arkitektur eret af de bedste steder at rejse alene.I det historiske kvarter i Old Québec, der er optaget på UNESCOs verdensarvsliste, kan du opleve hestevogne, gadeartister og udendørs gallerier og få fornemmelsen af at rejse tilbage i tiden. Den bedste måde at udforske dette charmerende område på er til fods. Undervejs kan du få nye venner og lære en masse om historie og kultur. Canada er særligt populært blandt dem, der tager et sabbatår med arbejdsferie, hvor de kan studere sprog, arbejde og rejse.

3) Bali, Indonesien
Bali er det perfekte sted til at slappe af både fysisk og mentaltog opleve helende ro.Øens skønhed fanger de rejsendes blik, men det, der virkelig gør den særlig, er menneskene. De er meget venlige, varme og imødekommende over for besøgende. Hvis du gerne vil surfe nær stranden, kan du prøve at bo på Uluwatu Surf Villas. Her kan du drikke kokosvand, nyde udsigten over havet og dyrke yoga. På Bali er det nemt at møde venner at hænge ud med, for eksempel andre rygsækrejsende. Indonesien tilbyder også en række sabbatårsprojekter med frivilligt arbejde, rejser og meget mere.

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4) Queenstown, New Zealand
New Zealand er uden tvivlet af verdens smukkeste landeDet er det. Her kan du opleve storslåede landskaber, eventyr og kultur. Ved bredden af Wanaka-søen, landets fjerdestørste sø, kan du nyde naturen fuldt ud på alpine vandreture eller rolige gåture. En rejsende beskrev Queenstowns "skønhed, der ikke kan skjule den dybe ærefrygt og begejstring". Hvis du gerne vil møde nye mennesker, kan du benytte byens Haka Tours og Haka Lodge (Haka Lodge Queenstown). Frivilligt naturbeskyttelsesarbejde i New Zealand er et af de mest populære sabbatårsprojekter og gør landet perfekt til at kombinere frivilligt arbejde og rejser.

5) Verona, Italien
Det er også stedet, hvor to elskende satte livet på spil i kærlighedens navn.En by på UNESCOs verdensarvslisteByen bevarer antikke romerske levn som Castel Vecchio-broen og amfiteatret Arena di Verona, der blev bygget i det første århundrede og stadig er i brug i dag.

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6) Moorea, Tahiti
Denne ø, der ligger i Fransk Polynesien, er etlille øparadissom en drøm for alle. Med kun omkring 16.000 indbyggere kan du nyde fuldstændig afslapning. Du kan snorkle, solbade eller svømme, mens kun havets fredelige lyd kan høres. Du kan også udforske uberørte tropiske regnskove med udsigt over Mount Rotui eller Opunohu-bugten. Oplev naturen i sin reneste form ved at vandre, paraglide, springe i faldskærm eller svømme med delfiner, eller lej en cykel og kør øen rundt på en dag. Du kan mærke stressen forsvinde, mens du nyder det vidtstrakte hav foran dig og de majestætiske bjerge, der rejser sig bagved.

7) Marseille, Frankrig
I Marseille, hvis navn alene vækker et romantisk billede af en solbeskinnet eftermiddag, kan du nyde strande med udsigt over den smukke Côte d'Azur.den næststørste by i FrankriginGå en tur gennem charmerende gader og avenuer fra det 19. århundrede, gå på opdagelse på de souk-lignende markeder, og nyd stemningen i Vieux Port. Denne glamourøse kystby er fuld af karakter og historie. Lej en cykel, og cykl langs havnefronten, mens du indånder den friske luft. Du kan også besøge kvarteret Le Panier på bakken over vandet.

8) Tokyo, Japan
Denne by, Japans hovedstad,Den mest folkerige storbyDet er også attraktivt blot at besøge byen. Tokyo blev i 2015 kåret som den sikreste by i Asien og Stillehavsområdet, og ifølge det amerikanske udenrigsministerium er Japans samlede kriminalitetsrate meget lavere end det nationale gennemsnit i USA. Du kan krydse det berømte Shibuya-kryds, der smelter sammen med den pulserende by, opleve de fedeste streetwear-stilarter i Harajuku eller rejse rundt, mens du smager på den bedste mad. I begyndelsen af april, i kirsebærblomsternes sæson, kan du opleve et spektakulært syn af tusindvis af blomstrende blomster.

At rejse betyder ikke, at vores liv ændrer sig på et øjeblik, eller at vi nødvendigvis finder det perfekte drømmejob til os. Det kan ske, men det er mere sandsynligt, at det ikke gør. Snarereen del af processen med at skabe små forandringer i mit livJeg håber, du vil se på det på den måde. Når forandringerne hober sig op, vil de en dagdrivkraften for et nyt livblive det, og i detmit livs sande formVille det ikke hjælpe os med at opdage vores livs sande form? Jeg blev meget imponeret over noget, Mina Son sagde under interviewet.

Fra mit synspunkt er livet trods alt som en kort rejse,
Under den rejse: Hvilken rolle kom hver enkelt af os til verden for at spille?
Hvis jeg bekymrer mig, bekymrer den person sig sikkert også,
Hvordan kan denne verden gøres en smule mere meningsfuld?
Jeg er stadig meget nysgerrig og udforsker løbende disse spørgsmål.

Jeg håber, du vil tage dig tid til at tænke grundigt over, hvad du gerne vil gøre, ikke kun hvad du er nødt til at gøre lige nu. Og ligesom de tre rejsende, der virkelig lever deres egne liv, mens de rejser verden rundt, så brug et sabbatår på at rejse ogdin egen særprægede personlighedJeg håber inderligt, at du finder alle dine særlige kvaliteter.

af redaktør Bora

En person, der håber en dag at kunne hjælpe nogen en lille smule. Drømmer altid om at bryde fri og om en frihed uden begrænsninger :)

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