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    HOW TO TRAVEL HAPPIER

    Aug 20, 2019 4 minutes
    ILLUSTRATIONS BY CLARE MALLISON

    Create Better Travel Memories

    Meik Wiking is an author and the CEO of the Happiness Research Institute, a think tank based in Copenhagen. His newest book, The Art of Making Memories: How to Create and Remember Happy Moments (HarperCollins), is due out October 1. He shared his tips for cultivating joy while on the road and after you’ve returned home.—Lyndsey Matthews

    1. Go to a new place every year

    “Travel is about being brought out of your routine,” Wiking says. “It’s experiencing new things, new culture, new food, new people. And that’s the quick route to [making] memories: novel experiences. There’s nothing wrong with going back to the same place

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