Luis Vargas: Travel More & Buy Less

 

Luis Vargas: Travel More & Buy Less at TEDxPortland (Transcript)
Summary 

I was really happy when l found the article! because we can’t travel now, and we can’t know when we will start to do it yet because of the coronavirus. We are truly looking forward to being able to travel and when it’ll start, the story must be famous, furthermore, our company’s products designed with flag patterns must sell well again!! What? The story explains  “travel more and buy less”. Hahaha!

“I want to challenge each of us to invest in experiences instead of more stuff,” the speaker said. From traveling, you know, you must have opportunities to grow, learn, have fun that no one can’t explain. However, only less than 10% of the U.S. population will leave the continent in a given year, furthermore, only 35%of Americans have passports, they can visit over 174 countries without a visa or get a visa at the point of entry, though. (Japanese people who have passports with which they visit over 191counteies are only 25%. )

The speaker tells us that there are three reasons that we couldn’t travel: work, money, and fear. 
We are a nation of workaholics, but many people don’t like to work! 
We feel fear when we’ve heard some bad news from the media, but horrifying things aren’t happening! 
You think that you don’t have money, but you must have over 22 unworn items in your closet!

Thus those are not the reasons not to go!

If you’re young, it means go, if you’re older, it means go because you must have more resources than before. If you don’t have friends or a partner, it means to go, if you have friends or a partner, of course, it means to go. If you have kids, it doesn’t mean not to go! It’ll take a lot of work, but family travel can be extraordinarily rewarding! 

Having meaningful experiences must truly transform you!!