Your friend, family, partner, environment, expect that you behave like x or y, that you react to z, w with q or r your environment expects you to output x or y and to input w or k you are a cog in the machine you run on a treadmill on which you cannot control the speed you are passenger in a car you can just intermittently switch to driver seat it's a constant fight to control where the boat is going how fast it's going Travelling is an opportunity to release yourself of many, if not most, expectations you are again in a new environment, an unknown, you don't have to reciprocate anything again you can steer the boat Another way to break free from expectations is to become a monk. Or go to the forest alone. You can also announce publicly where your boat is going and that it will be the only boat on this sea #humans #relationships #personal-growth