Getting to Know A Person Through Travel
It is not a secret anymore that travel can bring many benefits. Through travel, you can uncover your purpose, find something you truly loves, and learn how to be a better person. Travel also gives health benefits such as reducing stress, increasing your immune system, improving your fitness, etc. That’s why lots of travelers never feel bored to travel to new places no matter how experienced they have been. They are always hungry of new experiences where they can meet new people, see different things, and try crazy things even.
How travel can help you get to know a person more
Another benefit of travel is to get to know a person. It is already known that travel can help your personality development. However, travel can be also a good way for you if you want to know a person more. Why? Here is the reason.
Out of Comfort Zine
Travelling can be a revealing kind of time because a person is out of their comfort zone and safe place. It will bring their new side somehow. When people are out of his routines, they will be pushed out of their comfort zones. It results in new side being revealed during the travel. It is because the problems you face while travelling might be different from the ones you have while you are at home or work. Thus, you are forced to face it in different ways which can bring new side of yourself.
Showing True Colors Under Pressure
People will show their true color when they are under pressure. Travel is familiar with the unexpected, no matter how meticulous the preparation is, there will be something unpredictable happen which can put someone in stress or completely in ease. Different individual has different response for everything. There are people who get riled up easily when facing the unexpected. They get emotional or hot-tempered. However, there are also those who just laugh it off or shrug it off. They don’t put themselves in agony over the unexpected.
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Check the Mind
Travelling can also help you to know if someone is closed-minded or not. Travel is full of exposure to different things including different language, culture, customs, preferences, and many more. Not all people can handle differences very well. Some of them can be closed-minded and end up offending others who are different. There are people who are more rigid facing differences. However, there are also people who are more open-minded towards differences. Just try to travel together if you want to know someone better.
Of course, the way people act during travel doesn’t define who they truly are. However, it can be used as references to get to know them in another level. At least, you will know how they act when they are under pressure or different circumstances outside their comfort zones. It is also said by many psychologists that travel together with your partner can be a good way to strengthen your relationship. That’s because you are together learning how to co-exist. You also learn how to keep your emotion at bays so you don’t easily snap at every little mishaps during travel.
