Travel is an art and a science-- proven to alter perception, personality and may even rewire your brain. That’s what I mean by Ship for brains. The novelty and unique one-of-a-kind experiences drives up levels of dopamine, a chemical in the brain that gives you optimism, energy, curiosity and creativity. My brain makes me travel...
Cruising = f(dopamine flow); Money= happiness
"Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy travel and new experiences, which is kinda the same thing"
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| The Persistence Of Norway |
The need to break free and sail away is ancient, enduring and incessant. Voyages trigger a concept called psychological distance: Something about the experience of leaving your place creates a shock and awe, a pathway into a new perspective that floods the brain with ideas. For me, this shift in perspective starts as soon as I'm on a cruise ship . Ships are weirdly the most lucid part of my life. Every cruise I take somehow changes my life in some way.
The actual cruise might be four days or a week, the anticipation of Norwegian Fjords cruise, for instance was months and the memory will probably last for years or forever. So, while I focus on the joy of the doing the cruise there is joy or anticipation and the joy of THE memory of it all the time.
Rudyard Kipling wrote "Milford Sound is the eighth wonder of the world.". National Geographic Traveler Magazine selected Norway as The Top Natural Tourist Attraction in the World. After visiting both, Norway in 2010, and New Zealand in 2011, I didn't need a second chance for 2012 SE Alaska Fjords to make a first impression--It has brought me back again to a place I have never been before...
I used to think working on cruise ships was bad, but I stopped thinking- I guess I have ship for brains!
