Here's why your return journey always feels shorter!

Have you ever wondered why does your return journey seems shorter than the outward journey, though the distance remains the same? Well it is not a figment of your imagination; rather all travelers experience it. According to a study by Niels van de Ven and his colleagues, people often find their return journey to shorter. It is due to the different expectations people have from the journey. According to a report published in ANI, which quotes Ven, "People often underestimate how long the outward journey takes and this is therefore experienced as long.” "Based on that feeling, the traveller expects the return journey to be long as well, and this then turns out to be shorter than expected," he added. Therefore over optimism from the outward journey is responsible for the illusion one has about the return one being shorter.