[brains.habits, travel]
Jan. 3rd, 2005 11:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wispfoxSo, I was reminded by having had the past week in an entirely new location (less than 24 hours on a previous visit ~10 months ago doesn't count) of exactly how valuable it can be to me to get out of locations in which I can mostly function by habit.
On one hand, doing so requires way more energy, and makes it more difficult for me to recharge (thankfully, I had enough energy from being anti-social the week previous, and from not working last week). But on the other hand, I get to be reminded that just because things tend to happen a certain way does not mean that they always will, and it does not mean it's a bad thing for wildly unexpected things to happen. Even if it does take me an awfully long time to adjust to wildly unexpected things.
I do sometimes need to be reminded that I _can_ cope with uncertainty, at least on a short-term basis, if I know I have people I can ask for help if I get overwhelmed. (at least I _do_ ask, now. Probably a large part of why I can cope) And having had somewhere that I was reasonably comfortable - even considering that I was sleeping in a living room - to go back to was immensely valuable, as well.
It was really, really nice to learn that I'm way more able to cope with unknown public transit than I used to be (of course, this was with a fair amount of explanation from a variety of people - including random strangers on the bus. The fact that BART mostly follows the same route within the city helped, too).
It's fascinating watching myself be energized by all the newness, at the same time as having my social energy drained. Shiny city and shiny people! (even if it was raining entirely too much. The clouds appear to have followed me home, but at least they aren't currently doing much more than spitting)
And I _really_ _really_ liked not having to drive. I think I'd forgotten how much I prefer not to, since I mostly _have_ to if I want to do anything in the Boston area (because the commuter rail sucks for non-commuter times of day).
Yep. I continue to love to travel. Now, however, I mostly don't get to travel for a year, because I need to save up money and vacation time for Australia at the end of this year. (mostly, because I'm going to alt.polycon this month)
On one hand, doing so requires way more energy, and makes it more difficult for me to recharge (thankfully, I had enough energy from being anti-social the week previous, and from not working last week). But on the other hand, I get to be reminded that just because things tend to happen a certain way does not mean that they always will, and it does not mean it's a bad thing for wildly unexpected things to happen. Even if it does take me an awfully long time to adjust to wildly unexpected things.
I do sometimes need to be reminded that I _can_ cope with uncertainty, at least on a short-term basis, if I know I have people I can ask for help if I get overwhelmed. (at least I _do_ ask, now. Probably a large part of why I can cope) And having had somewhere that I was reasonably comfortable - even considering that I was sleeping in a living room - to go back to was immensely valuable, as well.
It was really, really nice to learn that I'm way more able to cope with unknown public transit than I used to be (of course, this was with a fair amount of explanation from a variety of people - including random strangers on the bus. The fact that BART mostly follows the same route within the city helped, too).
It's fascinating watching myself be energized by all the newness, at the same time as having my social energy drained. Shiny city and shiny people! (even if it was raining entirely too much. The clouds appear to have followed me home, but at least they aren't currently doing much more than spitting)
And I _really_ _really_ liked not having to drive. I think I'd forgotten how much I prefer not to, since I mostly _have_ to if I want to do anything in the Boston area (because the commuter rail sucks for non-commuter times of day).
Yep. I continue to love to travel. Now, however, I mostly don't get to travel for a year, because I need to save up money and vacation time for Australia at the end of this year. (mostly, because I'm going to alt.polycon this month)
