Folium: The US Would Be A Better Place If Americans Traveled More via MatadorNetwork
Folium: The US Would Be A Better Place If Americans Traveled More via MatadorNetwork
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It may seem more and more taboo for Americans to take their vacation time during the year, but why? More than half of Americans in the recent years aren’t taking their vacation time for the year. Those are precious moments wasted. There are so many benefits of taking that vacation time and traveling outside of their little work bubble. There are even more beneficial factors that come from traveling to a different country.
“it is affordable to travel and it’s unaffordable not to.” – MatadorNetwork
From Homeschool to Huancayo, Perú!
The article discusses the reasons why Americans should be branching out to make America an even greater place. To tie this all in I would like to mention my days from when I was little, my sister and I were homeschooled and we loved exploring into “the unknown world of our backyard.” We would spend hours and hours discovering new parts of the backyard that we had never been before. We would never get bored of looking for new spots to find to play. Somewhere deep inside everyone there is still that sense of adventure, but somehow it’s been lost. We become working adults at our job and we become so enveloped in all of the work hype. We have lost that sense of adventure that we once had as kids. But there is something we can do about it. Take those mysterious days that work gives you per year to go adventure, and travel! Being happier and more relaxed is a huge benefit of traveling to a new place. Whether it be out of state or out of country, we can learn a lot from the world around us. Benefits of traveling out of country are even greater because we can learn about different cultures and offer our knowledge of those traditions to others.
“One of the best ways to learn about your own culture is to see it from afar. Travel provides a chance to step back and view your history and culture through the eyes of those who live outside it. And the fact is that the history of the United States is inextricably linked with the history of the rest of the world, particularly our neighbors to the south. Nothing builds an appreciation for nuance more quickly than stepping out of our day-to-day routines.” – MatadorNetwork
Let’s take the example of Michael from the comedy series “The Office.” He recently returns from his Christmas break vacation and attempts at bringing a Jamaican feel into the office: Michael: “You know, I had never been out of the country before now? Pam: Huh? Michael: Got to see how Jamaicans live. It is great, you know. They just relax, they party all the time.” We can become familiar with new animals, new food, new feelings about different cultures we didn’t even know we could have.
For example, as Matt mentions in his article, we can experience major adrenaline rushes. It could come after jumping off a rock cliff into the water in Australia or flying down a zip-line in South America. Matt makes a good point in his article, telling us that all other countries have so much to offer us. We can learn so much from making that trip once a year to a diverse place we’ve never discovered before. I know that when I get the opportunity to travel, it’s worth doing because of how much I’ll be taking away from that trip. So consider the time you have per year for vacation time and consider what country you’ll be visiting next, because the last point that Matt makes in his article is “it is affordable to travel and it’s unaffordable not to.”
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Julie Martin
LEAF Editor & Contributor
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