If you’ve never travelled much, it can be awe-inspiring to talk with someone that does. They have a wisdom and understanding of the world that you can’t gain from camping at the local lake or staying at a condo in Virginia Beach.

Traveling gives you a more complete picture of the world. If personal growth is valuable to you, international travel can accelerate your development.

Shift your perspective through these observations:

1. Materialism is overrated.

When you travel abroad, it’s not easy to bring your gun collection, Tesla Model S Plaid, and fine silverware with you. You quickly find that you can do just fine without all of the things you seem to love so much back home.

You also see other people living perfectly happy lives with very little in the way of possessions.

2. Different cultures have different priorities.

While our society values fame, fortune, possessions, and other forms of material success, many other societies have little concern for this sort of thing.

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