Travel Mindset

5 steps to embracing the travel mindset

5 Steps to Embrace the Travel Mindset

I’ve decided to lead my life with a travel mindset, but what exactly does that mean? Can you have a travel mindset without actually traveling? Of course you can! A travel mindset is the desire to explore and the curiosity of what there is in this massive world. You can have a travel mindset just in your own hometown. You can be curious and look for new things...

My travel mindset began to fade during COVID. I re-discovered my travel mindset in Joshua Tree National Park.

Travel Mindset and How I Re-Discovered It

There I was lying underneath the night sky. I felt tears start to well up in my eyes. At first, I didn’t know why, but I knew they were tears of joy. I was soaking in the moment, lying under the stars, surrounded by desert, rocks, and Joshua trees. That is when I realized that this was a type of happiness I hadn’t felt in a long time. That is when I re...

15 Ways to Mentally Prepare for Travel

When it was time to prepare for travel for my first time, I had so many thoughts and emotions running through my head. My boyfriend and I were about to embark on a 9-month trip to Europe to study abroad in Italy, Spain, and England. I was excited, anxious, happy, excited, hopeful … oh and excited! I went through my checklist several (and I mean several) times to be...