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3 Ways of Living

Are you a tourist, a wanderer, or a traveler?

Bill Abbate
Curated Newsletters
5 min readFeb 28, 2024

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What kind of life are you living? Do you feel like you are wandering through it? Maybe you feel like a tourist, enjoying the scenery and culture. Or perhaps you are like a traveler, planning where to go. Let’s look at three ways most of us go through life and which works best for you.

Three ways to go through life

How is your journey so far? While there are many ways we can go, many things we can do, and different ways we can be, there are at least three ways most of us live.

Are you going through life as a wanderer, tourist, or traveler? Let’s examine these three ways of doing this thing we call life and where they may take us.

First, a clear definition of the three ways of living. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, they are defined as:

Wanderer — [one who moves] about without a fixed course, aim, or goal

Tourist — one that makes a tour for pleasure or culture

Traveler — one that goes on a trip or journey

The wanderer

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Bill Abbate
Curated Newsletters

Leadership Writer and Editor in ILLUMINATION, Leadership/Executive Coach, Author www.BillAbbate.com