You should travel. Well, because. Come on, travel. Now. Please.

5 min readDec 27, 2019

There’s an old saying… “dudes and dudettes dat don’t travel are doomed to be beaten up with broomsticks after they’re dead”. Matthew Something. Chapter Whatever.

Travel is good. It’s healthy.

It will make you pause, recharge and go again and again.

Whatever it is you’re doing like a sauvage, you need a break from it.

Other people in these types of platforms will tell you otherwise — “be a workaholic, please!” — but I say they should also be beaten up with broomsticks. In this life. And during the after one.

Since we’re packing up good reasons — and better places — you should take some notes. This is not work, it’s an healthy guide to have some proper leisure. Without traveling one would be lost. In fact, I’d say traveling got us humans to a certain point in evolution. Did we travel voluntarily or were just running for our lives in Dino Times?

dunno. I’d say we found a couple of nice places back then.

No more fuss, no more wondering, just pick up a pen, a keyboard, whatever suits your opposable thumbs and let’s move.

BENEFITS OF TRAVELING

1. you get to see other people;

2. you get to experience other cultures;

3. You get to eat different food;

4. You add to a lesser existence;

5. you’ll get probably robbed but earn a fancy story for dinner with friends.

Ah-ah!

Let’s move slowly, “behind me please”, point by point. Don’t hate the traveler, love the destination dude. #leggo

Now this is pretty much self-explanatory. Once you’re outta your comfort zone, new faces pop in your visual screen. Not facebook friends, not medium influencers, no more linkedin attention seekers. New people. New humans with the same facial expressions as yours! More human beings from other mothers, way more distant than you could ever imagine!

2. Do they share the same hair? Do they share the same skin color? What’s up with their habits? These are a couple of automatic questions that should pop in your mind once you’re abroad. People are different and in difference lies richness, the opportunity to absorb, to wonder, to question, to experience something out-of-your-country; everything’s public domain for your brain, there are no more private jokes. Please, do breathe and try to learn a new word, a new expression, make friends with strangers, you’re only passing by, you’re also some sort of treasure to them! Make the most of your adventure!

3. When you’re done with all the action summarized in point 2, you might need to take a break. And guess what… they don’t cook like mama used to. They use different stuff. “What ingredient is this?” or “Dat shit delish!” should be enjoyment expressions comin’ out of your mouth while it waits for something to go in. We have been instagraming food for a while now, now it’s time to really enjoy it and really go ‘out of town’ on its variety!

4. A more philosophical one perhaps but one that shouldn’t be overlooked. Traveling ignites previously dormant senses. Traveling makes you say “Yes” to “Shit no!” situations. Traveling makes you dare where others fainted. You took your first step into the wild. Now please enjoy your walk. Because if you stay inside your own cubicle chances of asphyxiation will surely go up. I’m not saying it’s ridiculous to ‘almost never’ travel; I’m stating you’re a douche if Netflix is doing all the traveling for ya;

5. This is a bonus one, you’ll enjoy it only if you had the privilege to enjoy the ‘Traveling 101 Starter Pack’ you already unlocked! Don’t share you’ve never been robbed on a trip. Other travelers might tease you and try to nick you. #beaware

NOW GO FOR PLACES

For Americans, Europe is the shit.

For me, Central and Southern Europe is ‘the attic’ basically, so I tend to think everything outside the ‘comfortable’ zone — Africa, South America, the Far East, Lost Islands in the Middle of wtf — is a proper traveling must-do.

I’m not saying they should be in your bucket list. I’m just calling you an idiot because, in case your European and France is always your ‘uh-la-la’ destination of choice, you should bathe yourself in acid.

Something an idiot would probably do without the aforementioned premise: “Honey, we’re outta acid”. See?! These dudes are traveling. Why ISN’T YOUR ASS?!

I choose these places, out of the blue and out of my Destination Shortlist:

WEDGE ISLAND

EASTER ISLAND