How traveling and living abroad gave me a better perspective on time and happiness

(PHOTO: The Salty Fern)

We continue our Mexico road trip series with Chuck Bolotin, from Best Places in the World to Retire, as he, his wife, and two dogs drive through Mexico in a large, white van.  In this story, Chuck discusses how traveling and living abroad can give us all some perspective and insight.

Would you or have you traded some material goods for more time and happiness?

One of the great advantages of traveling, or better yet, living in a different country, is to see how others live their lives. If we are open to it, we can gain perspective and insight, not only into the human condition in general, but more pointedly, into our own condition.

I’ll give you an example…

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The writer’s wife on the beach near fishermen in Mexico. (PHOTO: Chuck Bolotin)

 

 

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