My sister travels with her own coffee maker.
My brother-in-law travels with his Apple TV.
N travels with his water filter pitcher.
I travel with my bullet-journaling supplies.
Do you have anything unusual you just have to bring on your travels?
Unusual Travel Supplies
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The only thing that I travel with is a complete set of my prescription medications, which I take daily for several age-related physical conditions.Sounds like a pain in the ass,but I’ve taken this exact same combination of prescribed medication for over ten years now (mid-sixties to my late seventies), and my two doctors (a nephrologist and primary care provider) who see me once a year keep saying, “Your body isn’t changing — just keep doing whatever you’re doing (exercise, diet, etc.), and we’ll see you again in in twelve months.”
I USED to carry a heavy set of dumbbells in my luggage (which made it impossible for my girlfriends to pick up my bags), but discovered years ago that I can forgo my routine home workouts for a two-week-or-so trip with no decline in stamina or health.
So I’m in a prolonged holding pattern right now that will serve me well…until time eventually runs out somewhere further on down the line.
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My notebooks, a slim, flat hardcover book and at least three pens. There’s a lot of downtime during traveling and use that time for writing, the hardcover is to balance the notebook on my lap
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That sounds like a great travel kit!
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I bring my nature journal, paintbox, and brushes. There isn’t always time to paint but I enjoy making notes about the different types of creatures and habitats that we see.
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” anything unusual you just have to bring on your travels”
(mumble mumble) decades ago, I accompanied/helped my mother on an annual 2-3 month PR trip though a bunch of small towns in the plains states (it took at least three full days of driving to get to the first town then a few days in each town and half a day or so between towns).
One year (or two, I think two) I loaded a record player and a set of albums into the car so I would have access to music I liked (and wouldn’t have to wait a couple of months to hear new records I bought on the road).
Now I just like to have a few books and paper and pen.
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What’s an Apple TV?
And I had never heard/seen in print the expression “bullet journal” for what I have always called a notebook. And I teach English. I really feel humiliated.
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” never heard/seen in print the expression “bullet journal””
I don’t get that either, from what I can tell it’s a kind of fancy schedule or day runner (as female office workers were calling them in the late 1980s early 1990s).
It’s probably a lot more expensive though….
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You can do your bullet journaling in any notebook. There isn’t any particular one you’d need to buy. I use color pens and stickers a lot. Some people use stencils.
The whole thing is like an art / meditation practice for people who have zero artistic talent. It’s very relaxing.
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No, please, don’t feel bad. Bullet journaling is a very specific practice that was invented a few years ago. It’s a sort of a vaguely artistic hobby. It’s very good for excessively logical, hyper-rational people because it helps to explore the other hemisphere of their brains.
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I travel with an assortment of homeopathic remedies. Peppermint for nausea. Lavender to help relax nerves. Zinc to ward off infections (we come into contact with a lot of germs when we travel). Basically, anything that will help me feel well or heal from minor medical issues.
I also always travel with my bible. I don’t really go anywhere without it. The comfort it provides during down time is priceless–precious. This may make me sound super pious or snotty–I assure the reader I am neither. I am naturally anxious and it calms me. Everything about travel causes anxiety for me. Time tables. Deadlines. Plane onboarding/offboarding, new lodging/bed (am I safe?). And many things I won’t list. I don’t just want a distraction from this anxiety–I want to hear truth and hope and peace. The bible provides all of that for me.
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I travel with my Bible reading calendar that lists daily readings. Then I read on my phone. It’s absolutely very soothing, so I get it completely.
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A towel. And that’s not even a Hitchhiker joke. I use it to pad out my car’s horrible bucket seats, I use it for a pillow (I have a pinched nerve in my neck, and actual pillows aggravate it), it’s great when I need an emergency diaper-changing station… endlessly useful.
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