My experience on the train was surprisingly pleasant. Before
getting onto the train I didn’t think that I would enjoy the ride which was
also making me not look forward to the trip itself, mainly because I have been
sick the last couple of days and it had really taken a toll on me mentally and
physically. When arriving at the train station I was tired and sad that I was
leaving my family especially my dog, but as time went on when we were waiting
for our train to arrive things lightened up, we started to have fun and relax
our nerves about the trip we were laughing and getting to know each other
better. I thought that we were going to be cramped and have no place to move
and I would be unable to sleep however, that was not the case and I am
pleasantly surprised. I thought that this train ride would drag on and take
forever but let me tell you, its flying by! I have plenty of things to keep me
occupied and I have slept for most of the ride. I am glad that I planned ahead
and brought things to keep me occupied, like my coloring book, I downloaded
music, and I have some episodes of American horror story downloaded from Netflix
that I can watch! I am also surprised how comfortable the seats are, they are
much more comfortable than any plane I have ever flew on and a lot more
spacious, the train is not very crowded at all and I was worried about it being
overly crowded and loud but that is not the case. Boarding the train was super
easy and without a hassle, we waited for the previous passengers to get off
then we immediately got on and not long after we took off.
Inner Journey
I think the biggest lesson I have learned from this
experience is that your outlook on a situation can affect the experience itself
and determine if you have a good time or not. Coming into this trip and getting
ready for the train ride I was dreading everything from the car ride there all
the way to boarding the train, I though there is no way I’m going to enjoy this
and was regretting everything. I had an extremely negative attitude and it
didn’t seem like anything was going to get better. However, after sitting in
the train station for a few hours, chatting with my friends and laughing things
started to look up. Then after boarding the train and it was so spacious and
nice things really were looking up I finally started to enjoy myself and get
excited for this trip. I realized that this whole time I was just psyching
myself out and creating a negative environment for myself. I am now enjoying
myself, laughing with my friends, and just looking forward to this whole trip.
I have a much more positive attitude towards everything and realizing that this
is an incredible experience that I should be enjoying. I think that having this
new found positive outlook on this journey will really help me to enjoy this
experience that much more, I will be able to take everything in for what it is
and just simply enjoy life more. I truly think that what I have learned from
this experience was a very important life lesson, if you have a negative
outlook you’re going to have a negative experience so for the rest of this trip
I will be positive and make the best out of all situations.
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