WHY ARE PEOPLE LESS AFRAID TO TRAVEL TO THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES THAN TO GO TO THE STORE?
The answer is: Because we have been conditioned to fear the unknown And it is not that we aren’t aware of our fear, it is just that we have learned to live with it
The human brain is constantly working to build a story of what is going on around you If we were aware of every little thing that was going on around us, we would be paralyzed with fear As a result, our brains are constantly trying to fit events into the greater context of our life
Our brains try to make sense of everything by using previous experiences as a comparison This is the reason that people are afraid to travel to places they are unfamiliar with We are afraid to travel to places where we have no reference points, no previous experiences to rely on
This is why we fear the unknown We fear the unfamiliar We fear what we dont know
And, as a result, we tend to limit ourselves to only the places we are comfortable with We have a routine We do the same things over and over This is a very common thing
The problem with this is that our brains are very good at deceiving us They are very good at making us feel safe
When we are in a familiar place, our brains are telling us that we are safe And because of this, we have no motivation to do anything different
We need something to shake us up We need to be thrown into a situation where we are forced to change our routine This is how we grow
Travel before you die
traveling to exotic locations keeps you young of attitude it keeps you on top of of your game it opens you up to new ideas
The more places you travel, the more people you meet, the more experiences you have, the more you have to draw from
You cant be creative if you dont have things to draw from You can’t be creative if you dont have experiences to draw from
