We might not all get to go away every month out of the year, but hopefully you’ve set aside some time to travel this year. It’s a much needed reset – time to unwind, step away from the computers, put down the cell phones and be in the present. While leaving can be amazing, coming back and re-adjusting to the everyday can be a challenge. This can be especially difficult if you were so anxious to go on your adventure that you forgot to do some important things before you left.
Too often, I used travel as an escape from a life I didn’t even like in the first place. When travelling, I felt less confined by time, money or location. I could do whatever I wanted, I could spend some extra cash I had saved up, and go wherever I wanted to go. Yet after coming home my stress levels quickly spiked back to where they were before I had left. Instead of tacky souvenirs, I wanted to take that experience of freedom home with me. I became passionate about implementing my traveling lifestyle right at hom…
