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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1920" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-peak-experience/202002/how-travels-spurs-personal-growth" target="_blank"><strong>How Travels Spurs Personal Growth - Psychology Today</strong></a></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>New research on peak experiences offers fresh insights. </strong></p><p></p><p>“To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive” asserted Robert Louis Stevenson, the famed late 19th-century British writer. In his short life of 44 years, he roamed far from his native Edinburgh—and saw much of the world, seeking both adventure and love. But as my new collaborative research with Ahrisue Choi and Kristin Bongcaras reveals, Stevenson’s cautionary aphorism is incorrect. </p><p></p><p>How so? In surveying peak experiences involving travel among over 200 people between the ages of 18 and 39, we found that nearly 82% reported that traveling had helped them in problem-solving or <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/decision-making" target="_blank">decision-making</a>. Indeed, their elaborations showed a variety of psychological benefits surely unanticipated by the celebrated author of <em>Treasure Island</em> and <em>Kidnapped</em>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1920, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-peak-experience/202002/how-travels-spurs-personal-growth'][B]How Travels Spurs Personal Growth - Psychology Today[/B][/URL] [B] New research on peak experiences offers fresh insights. [/B] “To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive” asserted Robert Louis Stevenson, the famed late 19th-century British writer. In his short life of 44 years, he roamed far from his native Edinburgh—and saw much of the world, seeking both adventure and love. But as my new collaborative research with Ahrisue Choi and Kristin Bongcaras reveals, Stevenson’s cautionary aphorism is incorrect. How so? In surveying peak experiences involving travel among over 200 people between the ages of 18 and 39, we found that nearly 82% reported that traveling had helped them in problem-solving or [URL='https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/decision-making']decision-making[/URL]. Indeed, their elaborations showed a variety of psychological benefits surely unanticipated by the celebrated author of [I]Treasure Island[/I] and [I]Kidnapped[/I]. [/QUOTE]
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