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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 admittedly simply the expertise of moving into one thing unsure—doing one thing for which you don’t already know the end result. And that may occur virtually wherever. Perhaps you possibly can join a brand new class, introduce your self to a stranger, or just say sure to a possibility that scares you. What these experiences have in frequent shouldn’t be hazard. It’s unpredictability.
Journey runs towards the logic of contemporary life. We spend a lot of our time making an attempt to scale back uncertainty—to make issues extra predictable, environment friendly, and manageable. Journey asks us to do the alternative. It exams our willingness to go away the acquainted behind.
On Journey
Why You Would possibly Want an Journey
By Arthur C. Brooks
In a rut? Strive shaking issues up. (From 2024)
Seven Dying-Defying Books for the Adventurous Reader
By Eva Holland
These titles will spirit you to a few of the planet’s wildest landscapes, with out making you permit your armchair.
The right way to Flip Anxiousness 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 lately requested readers to share a photograph of one thing that sparks their sense of awe on the planet. “The gorgeous great thing about Pink Rock Canyon, only a 15-minute drive or so from my house. It takes my breath away every time I see it—whether or not from my automotive or after I wake my laptop computer!” Michele R., from Las Vegas, Nevada, writes.
— Rafaela
