Pack the Perfect Amount For Your Island Vacation

Pack the Perfect Amount For Your Island Vacation

By elizabethNo Comments
In other words, how to pack a normal amount of clothing when going to a low maintenance location. I try to use these tips I'm about to share with you no matter where I'm going. If you're like me, than it's hard not to overpack because you are NOT an outfit repeater. (I would rather wear my blue aloha shirt over my long-sleeved, neon patterned romper and call it "street style" than be caught dead in the same getup as the day, week, month before.) For me, my most recent trip to The Bahamas was a way to put to use each and every rule I had learned in my years of travel. Every time I have returned from a trip only to sigh at all of my unworn clothes was a lesson that would lead to my goal for this trip. I would try to whittle down my obscene amount of clothing to an almost understandable amount for the trip. Without...
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I Swept My Issues Under a Rug And Ran Away, Again

I Swept My Issues Under a Rug And Ran Away, Again

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So, here I am, curled up in another ball, on another floor, having another panic attack. I ran away. I ran away from where I was running away to. When I signed up for staying in Nassau to help take care of a family friend's kids, I was running away from my present life. And now, here I am running away. Again. I chose to travel because I want to be outside of my comfort zone, to see new and different ways of living, to expand my Self, something different that let's me know I am moving forward, to learn who I am. Now that I am here--and uncomfortable--I don't feel like I'm learning anything. I just feel like I'm fucking up and making poor choices. As much as I hate to admit it, I made a couple of mistakes since coming here. And all the while I have felt very unsettled. And it's my fault! I've never lived in someone else's home...
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