THE TRUTH BEHIND WHY PEOPLE SKYDIVE

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THE TRUTH BEHIND WHY PEOPLE SKYDIVE
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• If youre thinking about making a skydive for the
  first time, you already know that youre in for a
  fun ride. That goes without saying! You might,
  however, not know exactly why its such a
  uniquely enjoyable activity. Beyond freefall,
  what is there to love? Why are you going to fall
  for skydiving as figuratively as you will
  literally? Here are some totally true-but
  unconventional-answers.

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BECAUSE ITS SCARY.

• I know what youre thinking What?! Being scared
  isnt fun!
• Bear with me, here. In this particular way, being
  scared is fun. The actual word for this has to do
  with a phenomenon called autotelia-which, accord
  ing to a prominent cognitive theorist with a very
  unpronounceable name-is a different kind of fun
  thats still entirely valid. In a nutshell,
  autotelia is the kind of fun youre having when
  youre doing something thats a challenge but has
  a long list of long-run benefits.

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• The idea of autotelia ties in with the
  concept of flow, the state of mind you experience
  when youre one hundred percent engaged in the
  task at hand.
• Skydiving is pretty much the most autotelic,
  flow-state experience weve ever had, and the
  nervous energy youre likely to experience is a
  big part of the power that drives it. So Embrace
  the butterflies! Youll be smiling from ear to
  ear for days.

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BECAUSE OF THE NEW PERSPECTIVE.

• Were not just talking about the
  fourteen-thousand-feet-above-the-ground thing
  (though there really is nothing quite like seeing
  our beloved Tennessee River from the air). Were
  talking about the sense of accomplishment youll
  experience after you do your jump.
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