A homebody's attempt to understand the psychology of travellers

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Table of Contents

• A homebody's attempt to understand the psychology of travellers
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• Perhaps travel has never really appealed to me because I've never had a lens I wanted to see it through.
• The Scavenger Hunt

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“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” - Marcel Proust

Perhaps travel has never really appealed to me because I've never had a lens I wanted to see it through.

Oftentimes, people attribute their favourite parts of travelling to the exploration of new places and new cultures. Neither of those reasons speak to me on a deep level, so my goal is to figure out a set of mindsets and lenses that will make travelling feel more interesting to me.

The Scavenger Hunt

• Collect Experience pieces
• Collect Oasis pieces

Me, inspiration, and travel

Perhaps, in order to properly be inspired you require a decent amount of sensory deprivation. Which could be why you struggle to think deeply during walks around the city. This could also be why you struggle to think deeply while travelling abroad and outside; too much stimulation. Maybe the solution is to accept that those are not moments for Contemplation, but instead moments for Consumption (calm or capture) and Connection.

Elastic Band Effect: Homebodies and Travel

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A homebody's attempt to understand the psychology of susceptibility to homesickness.

Elastic band analogy:

• An adventurer’s band is stretchy

• A homebody’s band is rigid

• Bands tighten when pulled for too long

• A band’s elasticity can change overtime

Traveller’s Grief

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Travelling to new places might be a solid way to process grief.

Each new experience on a trip fools our minds into feeling that more time has elapsed since the cause of our grief.

We can make an event feel further away & ultimately shorter in retrospect by forming new memories.