How the Skills You Gain Traveling Translate into The Real World
| June 16, 2017
5. Planning and time management
If there’s one thing you’ll do every day on your trips, it is planning. From deciding what to eat for breakfast, to choosing between the waterfall or the beach tour, to whether you’d like to spend the day with your friends or the pretty girl/boy you met the previous night – there’s always a choice to be made. Can you do everything?
At the beginning, it might be a bit overwhelming, but soon you figure out how to tackle decision paralysis. The more self-awareness you have, the more you’ll know about yourself and consequently, what your priorities are.
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How to Make Friends During Your Trip
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