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> I feel very insignificant every time I think about this and I realize, there are millions, and billions of people in this planet with stories as unique or mor

> I feel very insignificant every time I think about this and I realize, there are millions, and billions of people in this planet with stories as unique or more unique than me. And less unique. From my house, I can drive to my hometown, visit my family, and drive back in one day. I left the USA once, except for that I never spent a continuous week outside of the state where I was born. A lot of people online say that travel makes you a better person. But it's expensive, so I have to just hope I'm not missing too much.

christiansakai 6y ago
I'd say its not the travel itself, because travel by itself is pretty shallow. I'd say the experience of living with other people who are especially socio-economically or racially different than you, that changes things.
xyzelement 6y ago
>> A lot of people online say that travel makes you a better person. Probably every experience you have can make you a better person, it doesn't need to be travel. I used to travel a ton for work and fun (there was a year where I hit 6 continents in a 10-month window) but spending the last 9 months in a one-bedroom apartment with my wife and our newborn is no less mind opening. In fact, like everything, travel gets old. At some point you know that you "got it" - you can be dropped in a random point on the earth and make something out of it - and yet you may not know how to be at one place for a long time (I am learning that now.) Also, it makes things less special. In a way I am jealous of people who are dreaming of going to Paris and then experience it for the first time. You do you - save your money, invest in relationships around you, learn things on line, be a good child and parent. If that's "all" you have to show against someone who has been everywhere but doesn't have what you have, you're ahead.

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> I feel very insignificant every time I think about this and I realize, there are millions, and billions of people in this planet with stories as unique or mor

by ReactiveJelly 6y ago

christiansakai 6y ago
I'd say its not the travel itself, because travel by itself is pretty shallow. I'd say the experience of living with other people who are especially socio-economically or racially different than you, that changes things.
xyzelement 6y ago
>> A lot of people online say that travel makes you a better person. Probably every experience you have can make you a better person, it doesn't need to be travel. I used to travel a ton for work and fun (there was a year where I hit 6 continents in a 10-month window) but spending the last 9 months in a one-bedroom apartment with my wife and our newborn is no less mind opening. In fact, like everything, travel gets old. At some point you know that you "got it" - you can be dropped in a random point on the earth and make something out of it - and yet you may not know how to be at one place for a long time (I am learning that now.) Also, it makes things less special. In a way I am jealous of people who are dreaming of going to Paris and then experience it for the first time. You do you - save your money, invest in relationships around you, learn things on line, be a good child and parent. If that's "all" you have to show against someone who has been everywhere but doesn't have what you have, you're ahead.