Travel

Packing and Selling Stuff

Preparing to travel, regardless of travel style, can be a stressful task.  We weren t able to sleep; awake until 3:00am thinking about all that remained to be done on our travel plan for our backpacking trip.

When you live in the United States, traveling to another country typically means you have a long trip overseas.  It means you have to research passport and visa requirements, book flights, and ensure things at home are taken care of.

Don t expect your travel plan to be perfect, it s impossible for long term travel.  This is a journey that will be filled with the unknown; new cultures, language barriers and obscure villages.  For me, it is was about letting go of control.  I am unable to prevent the inevitable stress we will experience.   Being able to control yourself when in a situation that is out of your control is a skill you will attempt develop.

That is the question we asked ourselves repeatedly, never really getting an answer.  The fear of not accomplishing everything before we departed kept us awake at night.  I would wake Aracely up and say, I can t sleep.  There is just so much trip planning left to do.  Look, our room appears as if we haven t accomplished a thing.  All of our clothes are still in our closets and we haven t sold any furniture yet.  We don t even have plane tickets!   It seems funny today, now that we have more experience planning for long term travel.