4.8 • 678 Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2023
⏱️ 20 minutes
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0:00.0 | Imagine you're getting in your car ready to go to a new restaurant to meet a friend, |
0:05.0 | which is quite the concept given the past few years, let's be honest. |
0:10.0 | When you reach for your phone to get directions, you realize there's no map feature or any driving app with directions on it at all. |
0:20.0 | Seriously, you ask yourself, how will I know how to get there? |
0:25.9 | You reach into your glove compartment for a paper map and you realize you don't have one of those |
0:31.4 | either. You have two choices. Cancel your plans or drive around until you find the place, probably |
0:38.8 | while on the phone with your friend as they guide you to the right direction. Both options |
0:44.5 | seem like a drag compared to just type in a location on your phone. Maps, no matter how small, maps are important tools in life. You don't always |
1:00.0 | know which streets to turn down or which highways to merge onto or where to find the closest |
1:05.3 | bakery even. I mean, come on, these things are important. And you probably don't even |
1:10.7 | take a look at paper maps too often. |
1:14.6 | When your phone is right there in your hand. |
1:18.6 | It's funny, you don't realize how important directions are |
1:22.6 | until you don't have any. |
1:24.6 | Yeah, sometimes in life, |
1:26.6 | you find yourself without direction on a much grander scale. |
1:31.3 | If you ever found yourself wondering, well, what do I do? |
1:35.3 | What do I do with my life? |
1:37.3 | What do I do with my day or even the next hour? |
1:42.3 | Well, unfortunately, maps can help you imagine new experiences for yourself. |
1:50.1 | Have you ever looked at a big map of the world and just put pens in places you've been |
1:54.7 | or places that you would like to go? |
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