10 reasons why travelling is good for you

omotolani

November 24, 2017 1:52 PM

Because what's this life without travelling?

Heres a list of the best reasons why everyone should enrich their life with travelling.

1. Travel opens your eyes

Travel will make you an incredibly well-rounded human being. You meet new people, culture and traditions along the way.

A great way for you to see there' more to the world than just you.

2. Traveling helps you learn who you are.

All the challenges and opportunities travel lays at your feet help you discover who you are in a way that’s only possible on the road.

3. Travel creates meaningful relationships

People you meet while on the road become some of the most valued names on your contact list.

They give you a glimpse outside your circle of friends and force you to take in new and refreshing perspectives, and ultimately realize that everyone is the same.

4. Travel helps you learn new languages

There’s something satisfying about being able to throw around a few Spanish words, knowing how to say thanks in Thai or simply hearing a language you didn’t know existed just a few weeks before.

5. Travel means adventure

Zip-lining in Ghana, skydiving in Uganda, navigating the maze-like streets of Venice, taking a speedboat ride in Lagos, or hopping in a Land Rover and heading out to watch animals grazing in Yankari Game Reserve: these are adventures worth having.

6. Traveling gives you perspective

Travelling will teach you that the way you’ve been looking at the world isn’t the way everybody else does. In fact, your point-of-view might have some major blind spots. Seeing the world for yourself will improve your vision and your grip on reality.

7. Travel challenges you

Travel is full of moments of joy and challenges. Overcoming the challenges gives you some of the greatest joys of all.

8. Travel is education

Seeing the world provides an education that’s absolutely impossible to get in school. Travel teaches you economy, politics, history, geography, and sociology.

9. Travel gives you a sense of accomplishment

If you’re the kind of person that dreams big, you’re probably one to reach for new challenges. Finishing a trip gives you the satisfaction that you were able to make a goal to travel and accomplish what you set out to do–see the world.

10. Travel gives you cool stories

Finally, nothing beats telling your friends cool stories from your last journey to Bangkok. Even when events seem trivial, nostalgia and distance create an irresistible spin that makes mundane things like getting your laundry done in Zanzibar, entertaining.

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