Travel and exploration for the sake of travel and exploration is a good thing.
That old canard about only using 10% of our brains isn’t true. But we definitely use less than 10% of our environment. Whole streets we never drive down, whole stores we never go into. Whole forests we never smell, whole lakes we never cross.
Go get lost. Flip coins to see which way to turn at an old country road. Disable your GPS and look around.
This isn’t just for the sublime beauty of it. It’s also because your environment is useful. There’s all sorts of cool stuff out there that can make your life better, and it’s worth it to take a look around and see where it is. It’s worth it to see what fits with what.
Go wander.
