“Solo travelling.

You will learn about a lot of the world by doing this. Seeing different cultures , food , music , traditions that you don’t normally see on any given day.

Appreciate the beauty of the world.”

“Working in retail or the restaurant business, if so just for a day.

Trust me, would give a lot of Karens a wake upp call. I hope…”

“Scuba diving, especially at night.

It’s like being on a different planet.

It’s exhilarating and deeply calming at the same time.”

“Everybody should visit a concentration camp at least once in their life.

It’s an experience that changes your view on humanity.”

“Seeing the night sky without light pollution.

It’s almost a religious experience to see the stars and the stripe of the Milky Way from the top of a mountain.”

“Being actually proud of myself.

I’ve achieved quite a bit of things I didnt think I would but for some reason I dont feel proud about it.”

“A period of real stress.

It teaches you to not worry about bullsh*t so much.”

“Getting lost in woods.

That liberating feeling when after hours of walking you find an asphalt road.”

“Lucid dreaming.

You can literally do everything in this thread and more without ever leaving your bed.”

“I’d have to say a solar eclipse.

I didn’t realize how life-changing it was until I saw it when it happened viewable from here in Nashville.

I didn’t really get excited beforehand but when it got dark and birds, crickets, etc started chirping mid-day, I was very emotional. It really forced me to remember we’re living on a rock in space and that everything we think is constant can change in a moment.

It was beautiful.”

“I’ve got a few”

Good s*x with someone you love

Watching the sunset/rise over a beautiful landscape

Deep friendship

Accomplishing a long term goal

Making something you’re proud of

Making music. (Especially with someone you jive with)

Exquisite food

An excellent live music performance. (Especially when the performers are incredibly skilled)

The feeling of progressing in a difficult discipline. (Noticeably getting better at something. E.g. musical instrument, martial art, craft, etc)

Helping someone else learn something or improve themselves.

Going through something that helps to humble you and give you more perspective.”

“Paradigm shift.

Go from believing one thing in your youth to disbelief to a brand new understanding that matches what you have observed to be the true nature of reality your whole life.

It is painful and the only thing that should matter to us thinking beings.”

“Two things come to mind, both are intentionally vague:

Completing something that at the onset you were not sure you were able to do (such as running a marathon or graduating college).

Realizing one day, after much practice, that you have become good at that thing you once sucked at.”

“Starting a rather big and meaningful project and completing it.

I went through hell and high water for my town to build a disc golf coarse. Like fr I didn’t think I would win but I was persistent and eventually very successful. From that moment on something just clicked for me.

I got my life together and everything. Kinda wild what a project can do to someone.”

“I am not a vain person at all but once I was in a situation where I walked into a room and everyone looked at me in admiration.

I very much doubt it will ever happen again, but boy it was a rush.”

“Experiencing snow.

I’m from a tropical country, so it has been a dream since childhood to experience making a snowman or be in a snowball fight.”

“A total solar eclipse.

To see a black hole in the sky where the sun used to be, with stars all around it in the middle of the day, is an unbelievable experience.”

“I was held hostage by car bomb for about 14 hours once by a man who went AWOL from the special forces. I sat within feet of him the entire time the bomb was dismantled and then had to treat him as a medical provider.

At first, it was just terror. I had small children at home, a wife to go home to. But after the initial adrenaline wore off, it was very freeing. I could die at any moment and there was nothing I could do about it.

And, while thats an almost certainty for all of us, its usually not something so surreal and in the forefront of our minds. I wasn’t worried about my student loans or the rent or my credit card payment or the car loan… none of it. I took a nap for a bit.

Everyone should get to feel like that. Maybe we would all slow down and just give each other a break.”

“Solo travel.

I am a woman, please do not discourage yourself from solo travel as a woman.

Just research a bit before you go, it’s very common for women to solo travel.”

“The best physical shape you can possibly be in.

I’ve always hated exercise, but – about 7 years ago, I wanted to impress a guy I was seeing, and started training for a 5K.

I was running 9 miles a week and was in the best shape of my life – I looked SO GOOD in a bikini. But it didn’t last long (the relationship or the running. I hate running).”

“Helping a stranger who needs help.

No video, no pictures, no expectation of a reward.

Just knowing that you did something for someone who was in need and you helped them out.”

“Skiing powder snow.

Did that for the first time this year about a month ago.

It’s so fun it’s ridiculous.”

“Living by yourself, being single.

It’s freeing for some, scary for others, but I think it helps you realize who you are and what you want.”

“Learning an instrument to the point that you can meaningfully express yourself with it.”

“The Grand Canyon.

I talk to so many people who have never been and are seemingly uninterested…and I’m like, you know it’s not just “a big hole in the ground”, right?

It’s literally breathtaking. It messes with your preconceived proportions of how big Earth actually is.

They call it Grand for a reason. You should definitely go at least once.”

“Have your heart broken.

You’ll be surprised on how much you learn about yourself during this time period.

You realize and self reflect on what you need to do and mature from it.”