As time goes by, it becomes harder and harder to take risks like picking up and moving to a foreign country for a few weeks, months, or even years. So why not get your risk-taking, globetrotting impulses out of the way now, while you’re young and unencumbered? Consider traveling to South America to study Spanish, to explore new cultures, to escape your comfort zone, to learn more about yourself, or just to have some plain old fun.
Of course, people of any age can dig themselves out of the rut of daily living, but it takes more effort as we get older simply because more people tend to acquire careers, spouses, children, pets, mortgages, and other responsibilities. Never underestimate the refreshing, life-altering potential of world travel to help you widen your horizons and also make you more appreciative of the friends and family you temporarily leave behind.
You can read one young woman’s account of spontaneously moving to Santiago, Chile here: From Cubicle to Coffee Shop and learn why she has committed to making travel her risk and how it’s saved her from living life on autopilot.