Ask HN: Those who quit their jobs to travel the world, how did it go?

Re:Ask HN: Those who quit their jobs to travel the world, ho... by ericmcer on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @02:19AM (#26408726)

I find travel/experiences is a terrible way to make yourself a more interesting person. Some people can tell a story about a drunken brawl in a foreign country and make it boring. Another person can describe getting coffee in the morning and leave people hanging on their every word.

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Re:Ask HN: Those who quit their jobs to travel the world, ho... by hayst4ck on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @06:20AM (#26410112)

This is so true. There is no preparation for how little people care about your travel experiences.

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Re:Ask HN: Those who quit their jobs to travel the world, ho... by noname123 on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @03:08AM (#26408975)

This. When people talk about break-ups, you learn something about human nature like people's different attachment styles and each person's unique emotional vulnerabilities and their resilience in spite of it. When people talk about their careers and work stories and when you really listen, you learn about what people truly value (getting money vs. an academic pursuit, integrity vs. personal expediency); with travel stories, there is no character arc, more like a pastiche, a camera pan of the landscape they traveled to.

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Re:Ask HN: Those who quit their jobs to travel the world, ho... by ungamedplayer on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @05:00AM (#26409647)

Maybe in this case, you could learn what they considered beauty.

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Re:Ask HN: Those who quit their jobs to travel the world, ho... by blago on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @08:35PM (#26419064)

> I find travel/experiences is a terrible way to make yourself a more interesting person.

Maybe this is not to point of travel :-)

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