I often dream of making travel plans and heading out to a place I've always dreamed of seeing. In my mind when I get there I have the best time exploring the area and eating the food. I picture myself staying in a cute little Airbnb that I can enjoy as much as I enjoy exploring the new area I am in.
I want to see the west coast and the northeast of the United States. I want to fly to Costa Rica and tour the beaches and rain forest. I want to travel around Europe taking in historical places and stories. I'd love to tour Japan with my daughter who is currently fascinated by Japan.
The only problem is that this girl with a gypsy soul has horrible travel anxiety. About a week out from travel my body starts to turn on me. My shoulders rise up around my ears and even when I notice and relax them as soon as I stop paying attention they return to my ears.
On travel day my stomach ties itself in knots and eating seems next to impossible. As travel starts my body starts to feel like it's floating. If I am traveling via airplane theirs about an 80% chance I'll get horrible motion sickness and end up dehydrated in the ER.
The entire time I am away from my home I feel like I'm experiencing life inside a bubble. I'm very careful about what I eat because foods that are rich and/or creamy are likely to make me sick, sending me to the ER. I make sure to drink LOTS of water because dehydration is one of my worst enemies when I travel.
I've tried several different types of medications and all worked but with various side effects. The motion sickness patch I used to visit Australia in my twenties left me with vision so blurry I couldn't read ANYTHING the whole time I was gone.
The last few times I've traveled I've meditated the thirty days prior to departure and the whole time I was gone. The difference was amazing but not enough to make me want to book all the trips to all of my dream places. I often wonder if retiring to RV life where your house and belongs travel with you would make the business of traveling easier for me?
Someday I'll figure this out because the world is too big to be stuck in one place forever.
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