Raise your hand if you also find the airport to be one of the most mentally draining places on Earth.
I woke up in four different countries during the month of August. I started in the U.S.—California to visit my family, then back home to New York after that—followed by a trip to England, then India, and then Costa Rica. By the time I reached Central America for that last trip, I was both exhausted and exhilarated.“It seems like every time I see you on Instagram, you’re in a new country!” others say.“Dude, you are living the dream.
“Have a conversation with the local barista, a shop owner or a waiter. I find myself feeling more grounded in these borrowed moments of human connection.” — Linden Schaffer, 40, founder of the wellness travel company Pravassa, who travels often overseas for up to three months at a time“Having a sense of gratitude often helps me out of the ‘travel is a burden’ self-talk that can cause the inevitable micro-struggles of travel to appear more dramatic. Choose to celebrate the challenge of travel instead.” —“I like to get at least three emails drafted each night and ready to send first thing in the morning.
In doing this routine, I know that no matter where I am or how mentally or physically tired I feel, I can find a way to return to myself and know that I'm still me, just in a totally different place—and there's a strength in knowing that. It helps that when I'm home, I still do it, so there's always that sense of continuity in my life, which I think is what makes it so stabilizing.
“Whenever I travel, I make a beeline for the nearest bookstore and ask if they have a copy of George Orwell’s. I have 15 at the moment, in languages and editions from all over the world. It’s an odd title to collect, perhaps, but it always starts a conversation, and I love meeting the people keeping print alive. Plus, I love how that glorious smell of a well-loved bookstore is the same around the world, as are many of the things we worry about and hold dear.
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