{"id":1519,"date":"2018-03-19T10:15:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T10:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flytographer.com\/blog\/the-wanderlust-gene-why-we-travel\/"},"modified":"2018-03-19T10:15:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T10:15:00","slug":"the-wanderlust-gene-why-we-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flyphotoprod.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/the-wanderlust-gene-why-we-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wanderlust Gene: Why We Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"

You feel it every day.<\/p>\n

The call of the ocean at the edge of the world \u2014 the whispered invitation of foreign cities and landscapes in your dreams both day and night.<\/p>\n

For thousands of years, we, as a species, have journeyed across strange, new lands in search of something, well \u2014 more<\/em>.<\/p>\n

More land. More people. More opportunity. More.<\/p>\n

And thousands of years later, you feel that same itch.<\/p>\n

The itch that makes you antsy and restless, and urges you to move.<\/p>\n

You boil your wanderlust down to \u201cneeding a vacation,\u201d but it\u2019s so much more than that.<\/p>\n

Because travel isn\u2019t just a series of bucket lists, and pin boards, and \u201csomedays.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s part of your DNA.<\/p>\n

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Flytographer: Bayu in Bali<\/a><\/p>\n

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Flytographer: Marta in Venice<\/a><\/p>\n

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Flytographer: Gaia in Genoa <\/a><\/p>\n

Breaking from the norm<\/strong><\/p>\n

We all grind.<\/p>\n

Whether you\u2019ve got 16-hour days, a 7 day work week, or you\u2019re always on the go with your kids, finding that optimal work-life balance is easier said than done.<\/p>\n

The 40-hour work week and a slew of cultural and societal norms have gone a long way to shaping us into creatures of habit and routine, and we sure do love our routines. They keep us organized, they keep us focused, and they keep us productive.<\/p>\n

But that doesn\u2019t mean we should stick to the same schedules day after day with next to no reprieve \u2014 we\u2019d go mad.<\/p>\n

Yes, travel will help you refresh, relax, and reset \u2014 not simply because you spent the week lounging around the beach, but because it\u2019s the furthest thing imaginable from your daily life.<\/p>\n

You wake up at a different hour, you eat different foods, you wear different clothes, and you experience and enjoy life from a different perspective you could never get from the confines of your highly itinerized life, because all habits \u2014 even the best ones \u2014 need to be broken every now and then.<\/p>\n

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Flytographer: <\/a>C<\/a>laudia in Lisbon <\/a><\/p>\n

Quelling our curiosity<\/strong><\/p>\n

We\u2019re curious cats, and the need to see, and do, and touch, and explore pulls at our very core every single day.<\/p>\n

We feel it when we instinctively lean in to smell a beautiful bouquet of flowers, and when we reach out and touch items on display as we browse the aisles of a store. When we spend our days scrolling through news feeds and articles to see how others live, and wonder how their lives can be so different from ours, from street to street, city to city, and country to country.<\/p>\n

We can, on occasion, show timidity, but our desires to dive into new adventures that will take us far away from what we\u2019ve grown accustomed to will always win out in the end, because like animals, our curiosity tends to get the best of us \u2014 and we should pride ourselves on tuning into our instincts.<\/p>\n

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Flytographer: Kimon in Santorini <\/a><\/p>\n

Broadening our horizons<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s pretty hard \u2014 if not entirely impossible \u2014 to stop learning.<\/p>\n

For those of us who love to learn, we\u2019re always looking to immerse ourselves new experiences and information, whether that\u2019s learning a language, trying new foods, or experiencing the world from a different perspective \u2014 whatever we can do to enrich our lives on the regular.<\/p>\n

Travel is the most accessible way for us to scratch that particular itch, because we can learn things we might never be exposed to from the creature comforts of our day-to-day.<\/p>\n

Through travel, we\u2019re humbled by witnessing landscapes and monuments, and learning of histories that are are so much larger than ourselves, and by allowing ourselves to feel tiny, we open our minds to an entire world of possibilities.<\/p>\n

We all experience the inherent pull to surround ourselves with new people, sights, and experiences, because our desire to travel lies much deeper than the superficial idea of \u201cneeding a vacation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Travel is a call \u2014 an instinct.<\/p>\n

It is at once a dive into what is foreign and new, yet simultaneously, our wanderlust is the anchor that grounds us and connects us to one another.<\/p>\n

\nExplore Our Destinations<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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