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Adventuring Into The World
Some questions may be raised as to why adventuring is an essential component to
life. To adventure out into the world means to explore many areas in which would spark
some excitement or to just simply have an enjoyable time with those around you. Many
people adventure, not only as a way to travel to different destinations, but also to escape
the stressful obstacles associated with their lives. These are the type of people who love
to seek exhilaration and have the need for discovery. They are not afraid to make
mistakes or express themselves in a way that makes them different from everyone else.
These types of people make up a resemblance of myself, in that I enjoy doing
adventurous things and interested in finding out what the world has to offer. Given the
opportunity to venture to various places will help eliminate any dull aspects in a person’s
life and bring out their inner curiosity. The need for adventure must start at a young age
and progress, as we get older. Being physically active will allow most individuals to
easily travel anywhere without complications. Unfortunately, it is reported that the
United States is currently facing what seems to be an epidemic. This epidemic is referred
to as the loss of the adventurous childhood. More and more children are becoming less
active because physical activity has decreased. Youth participation in outdoor activities
have declined within a total of three years. Efforts should be made to prevent this decline,
as children may soon start to lose the desire to explore. A world that lacks adventure will
soon lack excitement and creativity. For adventure to exist by the year 2100 people of all
age groups will need to engage in outdoor activities and the motive for adventure must be
popular amongst traveling.
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Prior to the goal in 2100, certain events must occur to accomplish this.
Physical education must exceed beyond school education levels by the year 2025. As
people continue to engage in physical activity, they are more likely to do the same
throughout their life. According to statistical evidence, approximately half of
American youth ages 12-21 are not engaging in vigorous outdoor activities on a
daily basis. Around 14% of young people are not physically active at all. Individuals
within the 12-year range age group have a 20-30% higher physical activity level than
individuals within the ages of 20-21 years old. This means that people within higher age
groups engage in less physical activity than those who are younger than them. Physical
activity levels tend to decline, as the person gets older. With this in mind, there are steps
in which could contribute to the improvement of physical activity amongst people of all
age groups because it is essentially necessary to keep the mind and body at a good health
condition. Physical education classes tend to end after high school; therefore, certain laws
should be made to continue these classes after school education. People who continue to
stay in shape on a daily basis will more than likely keep that activity level going
regardless of their age. Nonetheless, if physical education classes were offered after a
certain grade level, it would be possible to achieve the goal of having more physically
active people by the time they reach the age of 21. However, this may take some time and
there may be little progress since most people become busier as they reach adulthood.
They may not be able to attend any physical classes due to the interference of their work
or other responsibilities they must fulfill. With this being said, people who are physically
active will most likely engage in more activities, thus potentially increasing their desire to
adventure out in the world. This, in result, is one step closer to achieving the main goal.
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By 2060, participation in vigorous events will increase. There are multiple
outdoor related activities that people can participate in. These events can range from
being effortless to requiring a great amount of physical work. Bicycling, with a
participation rate of approximately 40 million Americans, seem to outrank most of the
other outdoor recreational activities such as hunting, fishing, and bird watching.
Following bicycling, the second most participated activity is hiking with around 35
million Americans participating. Camping, with a little over 30 million Americans, is the
third most participated outdoor recreational activity. The activities with the most
participation all share one thing in common. That is, they require a plethora more work
than the rest of the activities displayed on that chart. Taking this under consideration, if
this pattern continues then the likelihood for people to venture out to different places will
increase because most activities requiring adventure include some type of vigorous
activity. According to the statistics, lesser people participate in activities that do not
require as much body movement. The reason behind that is not stated but it could be
implied that more individuals would prefer doing activities that will keep them up and
going. One exception to this would be that these trends are always changing and people
may become less involved in vigorous activities as other activities may hinder their
motivation to be physically active. In this current state where technology is advancing,
many factors could exist to prevent people from going out. This increase in technology
can cause more people to become less active and stay inside rather than being out and
about. However, as more technological devices are made, people will be able to
communicate more with their peers. They will be able to record and share their trips with
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others through social media or in person. This in return will offer plenty of pleasant
memories that can be relived over and over again.
In order for adventure to be the most popular motive for traveling in the year
2100, people must be exposed to more places or become more involved in physical
related activities. For that occurrence to happen rates of traveling must rise drastically
and more attractions should be available for people to visit by 2075. There are plenty of
different motives that can influence a person to travel from one place to another. These
motives can be for psychogenic needs such as adventure, escapism, social interaction, or
pure relaxation and destination attributes like for recreational activities or festivals. It is
proven that roughly 80 percent of people travel to escape their daily routine. Around 65.6
percent do it for the nature aspects and 25.6 percent want to go to different places as a
result of health and rejuvenation. Adventure, with only 12.8 percent of people, is not the
top motivator out of the reasons for why people travel. However, adventure offers most
of the aspects in which people want when they seek out to a different place such as an
escape to their lives, nature, and health improvement. Other reasons besides adventure
include religion and sporting events. Although adventure is not the top motivator for most
people to travel, the trends could potentially rise as more people become aware of what
adventuring can offer. This motive for traveling may not significantly rise to become the
top motive because many people move from one place to another for more important
reasons such as for business or family related problems. Adding onto this, money could
interfere with how often people travel to different places. Someone may not be able to
afford the transportation there, so traveling to closer places could be a possible way to
avoid all the expenses that come with traveling.
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Achieving the ultimate goal for 2100 will require much effort, but as all the
events start to fall into place, there will be no doubt that in 2100 people will be engaged
in vigorous outdoor activities regardless of their age and the need for adventures will be
the reason why people travel. The growth of responsibilities as a person gets older could
get in the way of their desire to explore and become active but if all age groups of people
are required to attend classes of physical activity, a majority of them will maintain their
activeness and proceed to do other events associated with vigorous activity. Another
obstacle would be the rise in technology. For instance, advances in technology may cause
a distraction for young children or even adults but with the use of improved devices,
many are able to put them to use as they travel to different places. Recording down
special moments and reliving the experience may increase their pursuit to explore newer
places. Financial problems may arise due to the costs of transportation and equipment;
however, making shorter trips or doing activities that do not have to involve spending
money can conserve money. Furthermore, these situations pose as obstacles but will not
prevent the goal of 2100 from happening. There will always be wonders to the world and
breathtaking things to discover so it is important to keep this sense of adventure going for
individuals regardless of how old they are.
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