The acts of leaving and returning on a journey often serve as convenient bookends to our travels in our minds but on closer inspection largely come to define our traveling experiences.| Those Who Wander
Take a moment to step back, breathe deeply, and savor these words from Carl Sagan.| Those Who Wander
Toward a Theory of Life Satisfaction| thosewhowander.substack.com
Homo erectus was an ancient early human species that was the first of our kind to leave Africa and the longest-lived species of human ancestors. How did this species survive for so long?| Those Who Wander
What if the key to creating a more resilient, less fearful society was to reduce our time online and cultivate a life offline?| thosewhowander.substack.com
One of the world’s oldest forms of literature reveals universal truths about our mortality, grief in the loss of others, and the meaning of life.| thosewhowander.substack.com
Given that violence is a perennial feature of our humanity and there are many unforeseen risks we can succumb to when we explore the world, how do we appropriately promote travel and adventure?| thosewhowander.substack.com
Five Benefits of Wandering in the Modern World| thosewhowander.substack.com
What Broadens the Mind More: Books or Traveling?| thosewhowander.substack.com
Ben Franklin was a larger-than-life figure and represented the epitome of the 18th-century Age of Enlightenment. How much of his life achievements and personality were due to being well-traveled?| Those Who Wander
The Challenges and Ethics of Wandering in the Modern World| thosewhowander.substack.com
Simplifying our lives in an overabundant society isn’t easy, but one of the core lessons of travel and adventure often reacquaints us with the value of frugality.| thosewhowander.substack.com
A newsletter for readers who want to learn about the meaning of travel, why we seek adventure, and how to incorporate more of it into our lives. In short, the anthropology of wandering. Click to read Those Who Wander, by Justin S. Bailey, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.| thosewhowander.substack.com
The problem of alternative media is a false promise that dense subjects and information about our world can be swiftly downloaded into our brains. Travel and life-long reading provide antidotes.| thosewhowander.substack.com
Learning to slow down and appreciate our world is at odds with our culture of expediency but is a critical skill and habit to develop a better understanding of our world.| thosewhowander.substack.com
As we age, we are confronted with many of our limitations and are forced to face hard truths. Coming to terms with the fact we won't see most the world is one of those lessons.| Those Who Wander
Cheers to all my subscribers and Happy Independence Day!| Those Who Wander
Colorado and the Rockies| thosewhowander.substack.com
Adventure is a state of being and philosophy of life. Our adventures need not be elaborate or exotic, distant or remote, life-threatening, or foolhardy. They can be done just about anywhere by anyone.| Those Who Wander
Is the Cost of Travel and Adventure the Primary Barrier to Seeing the World, or Is It Our High Standards?| thosewhowander.substack.com
Learning to slow down and appreciate our world is at odds with our culture of expediency but is a critical skill and habit to develop a better understanding of our world.| thosewhowander.substack.com
Some find the motivation to wander in the wilderness silly, useless, risky, or mundane. However, a 14th-century letter by a poet reveals that the zest to explore can be profound and edifying.| Those Who Wander
The discovery and mastery of fire is, without a doubt, the most consequential event in human history and evolution.| Those Who Wander
An ethical debate that has challenged the tourism industry for decades remains controversial, but is full of nuance and multiple perspectives worth considering.| thosewhowander.substack.com
Our perceptions of who we are at our core are foundational to building a just society, yet uncovering who we are has been a centuries-old debate that is still highly polarized and contentious.| thosewhowander.substack.com
What is the anthropology of wandering? And can it guide us toward a more favorable view of humanity?| thosewhowander.substack.com
Travel enthusiasts feel compelled to promote travel with hopes that it can bring about peace and understanding, but is that idealism speaking or an underlying truth about the world?| thosewhowander.substack.com
Simplifying our lives in an overabundant society isn’t easy, but one of the core lessons of travel and adventure often reacquaints us with the value of frugality.| thosewhowander.substack.com
The Oxford Word of 2024 was declared to be ‘brain rot.’ What actionable solutions does a 19th-century hermit offer us to curb this modern social contagion?| thosewhowander.substack.com
Full archive of all the posts from Those Who Wander.| thosewhowander.substack.com
What does “progress” mean from the perspective of the earliest human wanderers?| thosewhowander.substack.com
Toward a Theory of Life Satisfaction| thosewhowander.substack.com
