How Traveling Makes You a Better Person (No, Really – Tell It To Your Boss)
Time and time again, it has been proven that traveling helps to make you a better person. Not only does it give you a new perspective to visit other countries and learn about different cultures, traveling also “refreshes” a person by allowing them to forget about everyday worries and enjoy their environment. Many Americans are guilty of not using paid vacation leave, due to worry about impressing their bosses, but you would be doing your boss and yourself a favor by taking that vacation and traveling somewhere new.
Travel allows you to slow down from your fast-paced life by becoming unplugged from modern-day technology and reconnecting with yourself. It creates a better appreciation for what you have, how you spend your time, and how well you treat yourself. Do you remember the last time you traveled and how rejuvenated you felt afterwards?
Discovery – travel offers the perfect opportunity to discover new qualities about yourself and other people that you may not have otherwise. You are seeing new sights, experiencing new smells, tasting new foods, learning different languages, and meeting new people. Have you noticed that you are more willing to talk to strangers you don’t know while traveling? While on vacation, people become more relaxed and are friendlier in general, which makes for great conversation – people like to share their experiences and hear about the experiences of others.
Learning – travel offers the perfect opportunity to learn about other cultures and languages. Have you taken elementary Spanish, but have been too nervous to try conversing on a normal basis? Say you travel to Spain and while many people there speak English, it is a great opportunity to practice your skills and show people from another culture that you are curious to learn about theirs. Traveling also offers the opportunity to learn how to better accept people from different backgrounds than what you are familiar with.
Appreciate – travel offers the
perfect opportunity to appreciate what you have and to give you a new
perspective on your life. When away from your everyday environment,
you may find yourself missing things that you have taken for granted
– such as clean water, modern-day appliances, and the house in
which you live. You may be surprised to become homesick and excited
to return to not only your home, but to see your family or friends
that you possibly wish you could avoid on a normal basis.
Now take the time to plan a vacation and see the positives for yourself and others in your life that results from traveling!
