If
there was ever a time that we all felt the urge to travel, it is now during the
COVID-19 crisis. I bet we all miss the beaches, mountains, travel spots, or maybe
just your nearest resort or hotel. If nothing but the fact that we yearn for
them now and want to travel as soon as the travel restriction
is lifted, below are the 'Top 10 Reasons Why One Should Travel'.
1. Traveling Makes Your Stress Levels Go
Down Considerably
This should not be surprising and we have long suspected this. But
a scientific study shows that returning after vacation, a person feels well-rested and has
their mood boosted for at least three days. These effects are said to even
persist for weeks on end!
2. Traveling Makes You Healthier and Live
Longer
Evidence
of this comes from different fronts:
- It
makes you fit – When we travel, we feel that we have very limited time to see
everything we want to see and so not only do we do a lot of walking, we tend to
do it briskly. Good cardio!
- It
boosts your immune system – Traveling exposes you to some dirt and minor
illnesses in different places to which research shows,
when exposed to your antibodies, makes them stronger, making you more resistant
to more serious diseases.
- It
will make you less prone to heart disease – According to the Framingham Heart
Study, people who travel at least once per year are less likely to have a heart attack or
any heart-related disease.
- Mysterious
healing properties of some Places – Be it the mineral-rich hot springs of
Turkey or Iceland or the rumored rejuvenating aspects of Egypt or Stonehenge,
these places can contribute to your overall health whether you believe in them
or not. At the very least, it can nourish your belief and make you think that
you are healthier!
3. Traveling Makes You More Intelligent and
Creative
When
you travel, you get exposed to different cultures, experiences, and situations
from all around the world. It sharpens your mind on how to react and accept
different things and it makes you more adaptive and
even creative. You learn when you experience unfamiliar situations. It is even said that
learning this way is more effective than learning through school. A behavioral
study in 2014 from INSEAD showed that people who got exposed to other cultures
during travels had an easier time holding multiple, conflicting viewpoints in
mind at the same time. It gave them a more flexible and wider perspective
compared to other people who do not travel.
4. Traveling Strengthens Relationships
When
traveling with other people, deeper bonds are formed as you experience these
new things together. Your lasting memories are filled with these travel
companions as well so the bonds last a lifetime.
If
you are traveling with your child…take this opportunity to get closer to them
and actively look for activities or venues that your child will enjoy. This can
be a chance to form positive and long-lasting memories, ones that they can get
back to and associate with you while they grow up.
5. Traveling Makes You Happy
Traveling
enriches your life experience and makes you happy. According to a Cornell
University study in 2010 satisfaction gained from experiences starts high and
keeps growing (at least 20 years), while the satisfaction that comes from
buying things quickly wears off (2 years). Not only that, a 2002 study in the
UK shows that people are the happiest when people have a trip or vacation
coming up. In short, you are happier for and for a longer time when you spend
on travel rather than material things.
6. Travelling Can Make You More
Confident and Optimistic
No
matter how carefully you plan a trip or how meticulously it has been prepared
for you, something almost always goes wrong. It can be as major as a canceled
flight or as minor as you not being able to see Micky Mouse. For some people,
their trip is immediately unsalvageable and ruins the rest of the trip, but
some come of it with a lesson learned and a mental note on how to avoid such
mishaps again. Such situations wherein how you react or resolve the issue at
hand is a big confidence booster especially in unfamiliar situations of places.
7. Traveling Makes You More Open-Minded
When you travel to a new place, you are immediately placed in a
situation wherein you are forced to reflect and maybe accept how the local
people are different from you. Not only in culture but their way of thinking or
demeanor. You also become self-aware of how you interact with these differences
in such a way as to not create socially awkward situations. We tend to be more
accepting and patient. Being immersed in a different culture also pressures us
to try new things. This can range from the strange local snack all the way to
that once-in-a-lifetime sky diving activity over a glacier. The fact that you
are there only for a limited amount of time makes you think that you may never
be able to do this again and so it pressures you to try it out at least once in
your lifetime.
Studies show a link between imitation
and empathy. The more we try to imitate or copy what other cultures are doing,
the more we come to understand their reasons for doing so.
8. Travelling Makes You More Organized
The fact that you are in that destination only on a very limited
time forces you to plan carefully and efficiently such that you are able to go
see whatever you want to see and do whatever you want to do in that limited amount of time.
This organizational aspect is manifested in; time management, logistics or
transportation, route planning, meal scheduling, rest periods and even just
choosing which destinations, attractions or events to go to. It can even be
that little bit of research just before and during a trip to ensure that our
trip goes the way we want it.
9. When Travelling, We Learn How To Be
Cooperative
Travelling,
especially in large groups can be a nightmare and can put a strain on some
personal relationships, however, the fact that your time is limited forces you
to be more patient and, for the sake of saving time, be more cooperative and
steer things in a more positive direction. You also do not want your whole trip
be marred by the fact that you are angry with one of your companions.
The
mere fact that being on vacation tends to make you more positive, more
confident and more accepting, you and your companions will most likely be
working cooperatively and work towards a positively fun-filled and logistically
fluid itinerary. Not only will your empathy be trained but it will also promote
positive dynamics between you and your companions.
10. Travelling Helps with Self
Reflection and Internal Thinking
A lot of people
experience life changes after going on a travel. A very famous Brazilian
Novelist- Paulo Coelho went through a lot of challenges throughout his life.
One time, he got into walking through a Roman Catholic Pilgrimage route, a
500-plus mile Road of Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain. After which
he decided to become a writer and went off to write “The Pilgrimage: Diary of
Magus”, and “The Alchemist”, among other literary pieces.
This is just one of many
examples where someone, whether or not they were in a crisis, experienced
something life-changing during their travels which steered their life path into
a more positive direction.
So, there you go. I bet
reading through the list has you daydreaming about the sunshine on your face
and the wind in your hair as you traipse around your favorite vacation spot.
That or you are probably planning for your next dream destination right now!
Give in to the urge and “Follow your Heartbeat”!
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