{"id":258259,"date":"2020-07-29T09:25:51","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T16:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=258259"},"modified":"2020-07-29T09:35:55","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T16:35:55","slug":"travel-is-a-trap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/29\/travel-is-a-trap\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel is a Trap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What if the desire for us to travel were a vice, a bad thing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What would the Ancient Greeks prefer?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If we read the Iliad or the Odyssey, the moral is simple:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>We ancient Greeks prefer our own home the best. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The only reason we &#8216;travel&#8217; is actually to conquer other places, and augment our own wealth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So besides augmenting our own wealth, what is the purpose of traveling in a political sense?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The benefits of being rooted in one spot<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='500' height='281' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/MuprPv0W?autoPlay=1&amp;loop=1&amp;muted=1&amp;persistVolume=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;hd=0&amp;cover=1' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1674852142'><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For me, more <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/28\/never-stop-gaining\/\">gains<\/a>. I have gained soooo much more <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/28\/muscle-is-good-business\/\">muscle mass<\/a> while in quarantine lifestyle than I did *<em>PRE<\/em>* covid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then the thought:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Let us consider&#8230; the grass is greener on OUR SIDE!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>ERIC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/lifestyle\/\">LIFESTYLE by KIM<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1600\" data-attachment-id=\"258102\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/29\/eric-kim-works-out\/eric-kim-home-gym-workout-00062\/\" 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