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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.)
May 17, 2024
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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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and not just those trips to a 711 in the middle of the night or the city just outside of yours. i mean getting on a bus with no plans and just hopping on the next trip to another town that’s 7-8 hours away from where you live then going home before the night deepens. honestly one of the points of living. if you haven’t done a one night only trip for unfamiliar coffee at a hole-in-the-wall cafe, stroll around town with a road that’s too narrow or just breathe in the air that’s fresh yet different than what your lungs are used to, then what are you really waiting for? get out there and explore the world. you’ll thank yourself for this doing this on a whim
May 30, 2025
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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
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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