Phil Rosenthal says travel makes you a better writer and person, but it doesn't have to mean flying somewhere. During COVID he ordered from a Peruvian restaurant on Postmates, which sparked curiosity that eventually led him to Machu Picchu. Start small: a new ethnic restaurant counts as travel.
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Do you have any life hacks? The like things you do travel make you a better writer. Travel, travel, travel. And you can travel. I understand that not everyone can afford to go overseas. But you can travel in your own town by trying a new ethnic restaurant that you never tried before. You know, you. During COVID was a very good way to experiment. What are we going to do tonight? Let's look at. Let's look at postmates and see what's out there. Right? Peruvian. I don't know. Peruvian food. What do they have? Just look. Most people won't even look. They hear the word not interested. Why take a look. What do they have? Chicken and rice. I like chicken and rice. Yeah, I ordered chicken and rice. It comes. Wow. This is delicious. And this is great. It could suck and that's okay too. Yes. The journey is its own reward. Journey is the owner. As long as you don't put too much weight on. This better be the best thing I ever had. You shouldn't go through life like that. You want it? We're trying it. Won't it be fun to try it? We always have hot dogs in the freezer. We can have that if. If this goes badly. Right. So.
Now Covid's over. Let's go to the place. So we love their chicken. We'll try some of the. Let's meet the guy. We meet the guy. He's got pictures on the wall. You start learning. The next thing you know you're in Machu Picchu because you ordered it once on the. That there is a straight line from that not making that up thing. That can really happen. Yeah. But it starts with a baby step. The baby step out of your comfort zone. And I need. That's really what it is. Travel. Travel is a metaphor for just doing something uncomfortable.
