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Tourism is overrated
Why sometimes is better to stay at home
We all have a clear picture in our minds about what kind of dreams we want to achieve, what are our preferences, and how we would like to live our life.
We all want an interesting, well paid, secure job with good benefits. Plenty of spare time to spend with our loved ones and also to enjoy our hobbies.
We want happiness, love, adventure, travel and nice stuff.
Duh? What’s not to like?
But have you ever wonder why you desire those things? Has it occurred to you that all these wishes might be just an illusion? That we might have been influenced and cajole into these aspirations when perhaps they are not ours?
Take travel, for example. It goes without saying that you must travel once or twice a year to exotic destinations to compete with other tourists to take selfies in the exact same spot.
By the way, did you know that taking pictures of the Eiffel tower is illegal? Go figure.
Where does this need for traveling come from? It’s counterintuitive when you observe the behavior of humans thought history.
Traveling for leisure has become part of the social narrative that binds us together. It has it’s origins, like many other dreams, in Hollywood.
