Travel for Mental Health

03.24.2021

Has the stress and monotony of COVID gotten you down? Are you starting to feel anxious about your stagnation or whether you’re ready to return to a “normal” life? Depressed that you’ve lost so much time in whatever plan you had for yourself? Well, pull out an atlas and start charting your post-pandemic adventure. Travel doesn’t have to be international or jaw-droppingly novel to improve your mental health, it just needs to get you out of your routines. Waking up somewhere different, without your normal work and life expectations, stimulates creativity by making you notice what’s interesting around you and decide what invigorates your passions. We’ve all lacked autonomy this past year, watching the world collapse from inside our ever-confining houses and social bubbles, so put yourself in a position to make choices again. Meet new people, try new foods, see something bigger than whatever size tv screen you frequent, and move forward. Changing your surroundings will change your perspective until you see you again.