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> Most of life is lived in the unmemorable, in-between moments I think this is the crux of the issue. By traveling, you can make "experiences" be a larger perc

by doix 3y ago

> Most of life is lived in the unmemorable, in-between moments I think this is the crux of the issue. By traveling, you can make "experiences" be a larger percent of your time, which makes me happier at least. Before I started traveling, my life was almost the exact same every day/week/year. Sleep, work, gym, pub. Go surfing on weekends if waves were good. One snowboard/surf holiday a year. Then I started traveling, lived in a ski resort in Georgia (country not the state) for 3 months and went snowboarding everyday, that made me happy (at the time at least). Living in SA and surfing everyday was great as well. I am in the experiences are better than possessions camp, assuming you can significantly change the ratio of regular life Vs experience. Is going on 3 one week holidays better than buying a comfortable sofa you sit on every night to watch Netflix? Probably not. But for me, traveling non-stop makes me happier than owning a house and a car.

moltar 3y ago
Same same ;)
twelve40 3y ago
Yup (article has a clickbait title because they actually say to each their own). After a routine many years, I started hanging out with someone who is really really good at choosing the next adventure and it's addictive. It's difficult to balance much travel with other responsibilities but I'm hooked.
- zemvpferreira 3y ago
  Could you give some examples? I'm curious.
- ethanbond 3y ago
  This seems like exactly the sort of hard-to-maintain intensity that’ll exhaust itself (and you) eventually. But til that day, if it ever comes, rock on :)
em-bee 3y ago
i feel the same. i may not have had a great career, but when i look back at my life i did many interesting things, and most of my life was not unmemorable, in-between moments. in fact, by living in different countries away from home most of the time i made those unmemorable moments to be memorable. try going to a chinese wet-market without having learned chinese, even after years of doing that, even just the fact that it becomes routine is memorable to me.
ajuc 3y ago
I became significantly happier by spending most of my free time walking the same 20 km route every weekend. I was miserable significant portion of time on most holidays i took abroad, because they either involved following orders (on organized trips), or were stressful (because I had to organize stuff for myself and others) in unknown environment. Not my cup of tea. Another thing is that paying a lot for a short experience puts me into a specific mindset, that I hate. Also - one indication that you're unhappy in general is that you will pursue more and more intense recreation during the time you have free to compensate for all that sucks and to escape from your problems. Different people have different needs and the split isn't "possessions vs experiences". Also as the article noticed - possessions boil down to experiences anyway.

by doix 3y ago

moltar 3y ago

Same same ;)

twelve40 3y ago

Yup (article has a clickbait title because they actually say to each their own). After a routine many years, I started hanging out with someone who is really really good at choosing the next adventure and it's addictive. It's difficult to balance much travel with other responsibilities but I'm hooked.

zemvpferreira 3y ago
Could you give some examples? I'm curious.
ethanbond 3y ago
This seems like exactly the sort of hard-to-maintain intensity that’ll exhaust itself (and you) eventually. But til that day, if it ever comes, rock on :)

em-bee 3y ago

i feel the same. i may not have had a great career, but when i look back at my life i did many interesting things, and most of my life was not unmemorable, in-between moments. in fact, by living in different countries away from home most of the time i made those unmemorable moments to be memorable. try going to a chinese wet-market without having learned chinese, even after years of doing that, even just the fact that it becomes routine is memorable to me.

ajuc 3y ago

I became significantly happier by spending most of my free time walking the same 20 km route every weekend. I was miserable significant portion of time on most holidays i took abroad, because they either involved following orders (on organized trips), or were stressful (because I had to organize stuff for myself and others) in unknown environment. Not my cup of tea. Another thing is that paying a lot for a short experience puts me into a specific mindset, that I hate. Also - one indication that you're unhappy in general is that you will pursue more and more intense recreation during the time you have free to compensate for all that sucks and to escape from your problems. Different people have different needs and the split isn't "possessions vs experiences". Also as the article noticed - possessions boil down to experiences anyway.