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A) Walking the city with Annika (from Estonia): I expected a short, 15 minute walk, but she kept leading. And I kept following, fighting my ingrained urge to ask to part ways.  The expected walk with a stranger who I had just met in a hostel in Cairns, Australia turned into a three hour physical journey and bonding adventure with a new friend, Annika.

B) In the city, sitting under a tree eating ice cream and drinking coffee at St. Kilda’s with Evelyne (Switzerland), Dagmar (Switzerland), Leslie (Scotland), & Dorian (France). My instincts told me to extinquish the experience much earlier than it actually ended. Interestingly enough, I realized that I was the only one that wanted to extinguish it. Keep in mind, I was having a wonderful time, but it was just my inclination to think “NEXT!..” After that point in my travels it was fascinating to take note when I mentally had the urge to encourage a shared moment to be over. But I made a special effort to no longer ever be the first one that suggested a change of scenery or going to a new place. It made me realize that, not only did I have the urge to suggest change to the group much earlier than the rest of anyone, but that when I did not, the activity continued many times 4x longer than I expected. The AMAZING and startling realization, though, was that at that 4x time mark, the experience was about 20x greater.

C) Common examples that you may have experienced too: longer than normal dinners, longer than normal runs, longer than normal conversations, etc. After experiencing each one of these there is a higher level of personal fulfillment than if you had cut off the moment sooner.