~:[CH15 - Day 186]:~ Wandering

 
~:[CH15 - Day 186]:~ Wandering

My scheduled kept getting delayed, so I decided to wander. I wandered around Insadong before ending up at the palace. It was nice. You don't think about where you are going, just enjoying the sights and finding your way to a certain place. I have walked through many of these streets before. In fact, my first hotel I ever stayed at was in Insadong. I found a few alleys and hit a few dead ends, but that was all part of the process of enjoying the city. I always wonder what people discover when they wander. Do people wander anymore? When I look at people traveling, they always seem like they're glued to the phone, following the directions set before them to the next trending place on TikTok. As while TikTok can guide you to a place that is quite popular, maybe the best spots are those hidden gems that nobody truly knows about. You find them through wandering and bumping into a place that few people knew. Of course, those places could be empty since they aren't good at all, still yet, the adventure in discovering this spot will long remain a memory, longer than whether that foods was good or bad (unless it was extremely good or bad). I hope in our lives we have direction and purpose, but we also allow ourselves to wander and explore. Exploration is a key part in helping ourselves grow up to become independent and curious individuals, but why does it need to stop in our adolescences as we should be wanderers for the rest of our lives, finding the undiscovered in this vast place.