<p>From: Psycho_Kenshin | #017
thundersheep posted...
Yeah, I think it's pretty important to leave the country every once in a while.
This is one of those things, there's so much to do in life and everybody has different interests. Plus it's expensive. It's really not important as a general rule.</p>
What's important is different for everybody. Personally I think traveling is more important than most things people spend money on... also not expensive if you're looking at the amount of time there is between trips. Generally speaking, I think staying comfortable in your own little routine and not trying new things is just about the worst thing you can possibly do in life. Anyone is free to disagree, but that's just how I see it.
thundersheep posted...
Yeah, I think it's pretty important to leave the country every once in a while.
This is one of those things, there's so much to do in life and everybody has different interests. Plus it's expensive. It's really not important as a general rule.</p>
What's important is different for everybody. Personally I think traveling is more important than most things people spend money on... also not expensive if you're looking at the amount of time there is between trips. Generally speaking, I think staying comfortable in your own little routine and not trying new things is just about the worst thing you can possibly do in life. Anyone is free to disagree, but that's just how I see it.
Kind of a broad topic, but there's a lot in there. I mean, for one, what is it about being a tourist somewhere for a weekend or a week that is lifechanging? Not saying it can't be, but I don't think it necessarily would be, at least not in a meaningful changing way.
Then there's a lot of generalization, saying people shouldn't be in a routine. Sure, a routine can be a boring life, but what is it about taking a trip to another country that makes a real change to that? It doesn't effect how the majority of your time is spent wherever home is. Your routine will be your routine whether you took a vacation somewhere or not.
Pretty much, I think this is just another case of people kind of using their particular interest, in this case traveling abroad, to say other people are missing something compared to them. When, in reality, everybody is doing all sorts of things, and nothing about this interest in particular makes it, in my humble opinion, especially noteworthy as a must. Whatever part of life traveling fills for you is filled in countless different ways for different people.
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