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The phrase journey tends to conjure photographs of individuals climbing mountains, kayaking by rapids, or touring to distant corners of the world. It sounds costly, athletic, and barely exhausting.
However journey is absolutely simply the expertise of entering into one thing unsure—doing one thing for which you don’t already know the end result. And that may occur nearly wherever. Possibly you may join a brand new class, introduce your self to a stranger, or just say sure to a chance that scares you. What these experiences have in frequent will not be hazard. It’s unpredictability.
Journey runs towards the logic of recent life. We spend a lot of our time attempting to cut back uncertainty—to make issues extra predictable, environment friendly, and manageable. Journey asks us to do the alternative. It assessments our willingness to depart the acquainted behind.
On Journey
Why You Would possibly Want an Journey
By Arthur C. Brooks
In a rut? Attempt shaking issues up. (From 2024)
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Seven Loss of life-Defying Books for the Adventurous Reader
By Eva Holland
These titles will spirit you to among the planet’s wildest landscapes, with out making you allow your armchair.
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Flip Nervousness Into Journey
By Arthur C. Brooks
The key is to show your feeling of dread into the joy of alternative. (From 2025)
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My colleague Isabel Fattal not too long ago requested readers to share a photograph of one thing that sparks their sense of awe on the planet. “The gorgeous fantastic thing about Pink Rock Canyon, only a 15-minute drive or so from my dwelling. It takes my breath away every time I see it—whether or not from my automobile or once I wake my laptop computer!” Michele R., from Las Vegas, Nevada, writes.
— Rafaela
