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don't let travel be something or a hobby that is for other people. being in a place where the culture is different, there are different social rules, norms helps you find yourself in a way it is not possible in living where the societal understanding is the same as what you are used to. It is so clarifying when you are reacting and liking to new things. so grounding. everyone loves grounding. its worth not buying a few things to save up to go somewhere as far as you can. travelling is not as expensive as u think if u r willing to go somewhere kinda random.
(ps this trick does not work if you just go to tourist places, bc u will just interact with tourists, and not actually get to experience what its like to eat breakfast like a _____ person.)
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Often during vacations we want it to be a getaway from our current lives and responsibilities, thats a tourist. But being a traveler means you want to wholly experience the life in the place you're going to. Eating what they eat and how they eat it, making friends with the locals, and indulging in their culture. Tourists leave to return, but travelers leave to live.
Apr 19, 2024
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go places alone, eat meals at insane times, share a joint with a stranger, make weird eye contact with people
Jan 26, 2024
i have always been nomadic at heart, so my favorite thing to do is just pack up the car with camping gear and snacks and pick a direction. make sure you have gas money and stop at all the stupid lil stops you see along the way like the world's largest rocking chair and only eat at small local restaurants and drink too much caffeine and take lots of pictures. it's so freeing and you'll have so many fun stories.
Jan 30, 2025
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Can't reccomend this enough
Dec 27, 2023
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if you cant get yourself to put your phone away quite yet, just get yourself to look at the room behind your phone, or the real world, as a constant practice. its like when the screen used to go black between eisodes of netflix loading. a reality check. it feels good, i promise. foreground the bavkground, even for a moment. be kind to yourself
May 24, 2024
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much more effective, much more confusing, much more true
Jan 22, 2024