For the Experience

For the Experience

By Steve Pavlina

One framing that I find empowering is to do something for the experience.

If you choose not to do something, you don’t get the experience, which means you miss out on a lot of potential benefits.

When you lean(lēn) into new experiences, you’re likely to gain some or all the following:

New lessons
More character growth
Perspective(pərˈspektiv) shifts and reframes(rēˈfrām)
Insights
New friends
Maybe a whole new social circle
New income-generating ideas
New invitations(ˌinvəˈtāSH(ə)n)
New opportunities
New memories
More knowledge
New skills
More emotional(ē) depth
More emotional resilience(rəˈzilyəns)
A more optimistic(ˌäptəˈmistik) attitude
More excitement and passion
Less boredom(ˈbôrdəm)
A sharper(ˈSHärpər), fitter(ˈfidər), less fragile(ˈfrajəl) brain(brān)

New experiences make you smarter and enrich(inˈriCH) your life in so many ways. Even a relatively short one-time experience like going to a lecture(ˈlek(t)SHər) or a concert(ˈkänˌsərt) can change the direction of your life or give you a strong memory you’ll cherish(ˈCHeriSH) for decades.

Sometimes you’re choosing between one interesting experience and another, but more often it’s a choice between something new and something familiar(fəˈmilyər).

New experiences are uncertain though. They can seem scary(ˈskerē), even when they aren’t truly threatening(ˈTHretniNG). It’s actually good and healthy(ˈhelTHē) for you to be knocked off balance now and then – it makes you stronger.

When you don’t lean into new experiences, you miss out on the wonderful romance(rōˈmans) that awaits you.

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https://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2020/10/for-the-experience/