Lessons from the Journey: Some Adventures Should Be Shared

From my own 193-country journey to the stories of many other people who were kindly willing to share, The Happiness of Pursuit attempts to extract and convey the lessons of modern-day quests. This series explores some of these lessons.

Lesson: Some adventures should be shared.

In studying quests, I heard from people who chose to pursue a big goal as a couple, a family, or just as a group of friends. These joint attempts had mixed results.

In some cases, like John and Nancy Vogel, tackling a dre...