What is your advice for expanding your horizons, when your world has become small?

I am genuinely interested in hearing your suggestions, stories or thoughts on something you did or experienced that expanded your horizons.

My world has become small and routine, you know, small as in the routine of: work, sleep, repeat. Same people same places, same mental resolve, round n round.. I look forward to hearing any advice.

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ScreamingFox · 41-45, F

I sold everything, bought a van and lived on the road for a year to dedicate myself and my son to seeing more. I used to force myself into uncomfortable events, gatherings, classes, meetings, books, volunteer jobs, regular jobs, anything at all to get new stuff moving in my mind.

And certain things were dropped on me and I had to figure it out over and over alone.

Next I'm going to move 3000 miles away and learn a whole new ecosystem, city life, more culture, new people.

I am in constant pursuit of new things to learn.

Rudboy41 · 41-45, M

@ScreamingFox that sounds exciting, i'm sure you learn't alot about life. I really liked that movie 'into the wild' the idea of "rewilding" yourself and being like chris mcandless, completely free of society and its trappings. Then i read the book and the author put a sober perspective on chris's journey pointing out what a rookie adventurer chris was

by comparing the stories of other alaskan adventurers before him who were wiser and actually lived to tell their tales, it undermined chris's adventure. A victim of the scarcity that we can't escape anywhere on earth especially if we choose to leave the societal rat race.