Ep 16: Full-Time Travel – What The Travel Books Don’t Tell You

Full-Time International Travel Changes Your Entire Life

Full-time travel is one of the most incredible experiences of our life. That being said, we have found returning home to be very difficult in some way, as well as, realized some glaring changes that took place in our relationships as a result. Traveling internationally for long periods of time impacts almost every aspect of your life. It impacts your relationship, taste buds, your idea of “home”, and the list could go on and on.

Cha Cha Cha Changes

We have no regrets for our choices but came home to some unexpected situations. Our relationships with family changes. Amanda came home feeling a little like she had a chip on her shoulder due to some misunderstanding with her family. We also have lost a lot of our friends because of our life choices. We aren’t sure why, so we spend some time in this episode discussing our feelings about our relationships as a whole. People suddenly don’t know how to relate to you, and that is very difficult for the person who is traveling.

 

Food is another unexpected change that takes place in your life returning home. Your taste buds change drastically when you travel full-time, so coming home nothing tastes as you remember. Jimmy mentions how different our bodies feel from the food in the USA, and Amanda shares some unexpected sensitivities she has developed in how she eats. There are many foods she can no longer eat without feeling sick.

“Unfortunately, some of my friendships didn’t survive the trip” ~Amanda~

Our episode concludes with sharing the differences of the idea of “home”, our experience with post-travel depression, and surprising reverse culture shock.

This episode isn’t meant to make you not want to travel, it is to better prepare you for it. Full-time international travel is the best decision we have ever made, but because of that decision, our life has changed in some amazing and painful ways. We give you suggestions and tools to better prepare yourself, your family, friends, and others in your life for long term travel. As the traveler, remember you aren’t the only one experiences massive differences in your absence.

So make a plan with your loved ones for communication, and prepare for one of the most enriching, life-changing, and soul lifting adventures of your life!

We wish you blessed, happy, and safe travels!

In today’s episode, we share a very exciting event of the week, as well as, talk about the changes that took place in your lives and relationships as a result of full-time international travel. We discuss how your relationships are impacted, both family and friends, as well as, your taste buds, reverse culture shock, post travel depression, and how the idea of “home” changes. Travel is an incredible experience for which we are so grateful in spite of the tough stuff! Thank you for listening!

Ep 16: Full-Time Travel – What The Travel Books Don’t Tell You

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