Writer Melissa Kirsch says she recently flew in the United States, her first in two years.

During this trip, her focus was on reaching her destination, meaning that she would wake up in a different place near a window with a new view, and have a vacation in which she would enjoy rest and renewal.

And the writer adds - in her article published by the American newspaper "New York Times" - that despite the fact that travel is a stressful thing for a person, this time I tried to focus on the fun side, which is the experience that I will live when I reach my destination.

After the pandemic, the focus is more on the fun side of travel and the experience you will have (Shutterstock)

Enjoy the ride

The writer points out that this trip - with all its fatigue and annoying procedures, starting from having to wake up at dawn and heading to the airport in the bitter cold, then passing strict security procedures, depositing bags, then traveling and renting a car after arrival, all of which were always considered boring and tiring - This time it aroused her interest.

The writer explains that the secret behind her enjoyment of this trip is that over the past two years - as is the case with most people around the world - she suffers from loneliness and isolation, and moves within a narrow circle, due to the measures taken to combat the Corona virus, and now she suddenly finds herself flying outside this circle. .

Although boarding a plane is not a completely comfortable experience, it reminds us of an established fact, which is that man is nourished by renewal and change, since the monotony and repetition of the same scenes make him depressed.

Over the past two years, travel has been legalized due to the measures taken to combat Corona (Shutterstock)

new experiences

She says this renewal can be achieved in a number of ways, including organizing a trip to a place you've never been before, or doing some activities you've never tried.

Also renewal can be through small experiences in our daily life, related to clothes and food.

These changes make the human being in a state of wakefulness, as if life is revolving around him again, and the mind becomes attentive to all the new signals in its surroundings.

Therefore, the writer confirms that her trip, which ended two years of inactivity, was really wonderful and renewed her activity, as she is now paying attention to details that she had not previously paid attention to;

After she was crossing the airports at speed, she did not twist anything but to reach her destination and get a means of transportation to go home after completing the procedures, now she behaves calmly and takes all her time to contemplate the people around her, with their various identities and behaviors.

Renewal can be obtained in several ways, including organizing a trip to a place you have not visited before (Shutterstock)

small moments

The writer points out in this context that she contemplated with all the interest of people standing in front of one of the drinking water taps at San Francisco Airport, filling their various bottles in terms of color, shape and material from which they were made.

Also, when she arrived in New York and was about to leave the airport, she stood contemplating the passengers who were preparing to head towards their planes, and the paradox that this scene represented between an incoming and a departing.

The writer believes that renewal is a matter that is not necessarily stated directly, but may simply be represented in small moments, feelings and memories that we have forgotten and for a long time, and we return to experience them through travel or even through other activities that do not require us to go far.