What I've Learned From Traveling #1

• Get divorced so you can spend your alimony on seeing the world
• Have a guy get in a brawl over you on a plane and get $800 from the airline in compensation
• Become an airline attendant
• You don't need so many clothes
• Don't like this one bc I'm old fashioned but: download books. I'd say actually read a book then pass it on and trade it instead of carrying it but not everyone reads...
• Don't forget to eat properly.
• Get a quick dry towel
• Chuck things you don't need or have never worn; Guaranteed out of sight out of mind
• Wear the heaviest things so you don't have to carry them ie jeans/sneakers/sweatshirt
• Are you really going to use those work out clothes???
• Traveling people are sometimes more genuinely interested in your travels, maybe selfishly looking for suggestions, but more so than other non-travelers who just want to hear that your trip was good.
• Try not to feel old, everyone deserves to do what they want when they want and everyone's experience will always be different regardless of age. ***
• You can technically sleep anywhere
• Pictures are never going to be good enough; capture mental memories
• Sign up for couch surfing. Then couch surf.
• Trust your instincts.
• A tan eliminates the use/need of make up
• Swim suits double as underwear.
• Don't buy Costco size things before traveling, you may think you are saving money but they take up room and guaranteed you can buy the same amenities wherever you are.
• Street food: spinach ricotta rolls and sushi
• You can eat instant noodles without water. Cheap meals, versatile snacks!
• One mans garbage might be another mans treasure.
• Life, as well as nature, is uncertain. You never know when disaster might strike so know your escape route, be aware of your surroundings always, find the highest point but don't live in fear.
• Experience what you want to do and see but experience to tell stories. "Spring break" is fun but you can do that anywhere in the world 
• Test yourself; your confidence your comfort zone your standard of living
• Make sacrifices. But sometimes you just need a visit to the beauty salon to feel normal again.
• Don't expect some big realization of why you're here.
• Don't wait for other people.
• Remember what you're going home to. - little luxuries like riding in a car and a home cooked meal may be absolute luxuries but take advantage of the things abroad you won't have when you leave.
• People will come in and out of your life. People on similar journeys will look familiar. Some you will Never see again. Some are there for a reason. Some will stick and reappear in your life. Some will become facebook friends to stalk and follow for a couple months and soon to be forgotten and deleted in a few years. Some will become life long friends.
• Get a local map and find somewhere different to see
• Everything will work out. Everything will work out.
• You can always go home.
• I think I would prefer a wheelie suitcase.
• Places make nice pictures. People make the best memories.
• Happiness is only true when shared.
• Overnight buses double as hostel + accommodation
• Strangers one day, friends the next: be nice to people - you never know if you'll see them again
• Just do it.