First, you have to organize your time so you can travel. You may have to deal with family members who want you to visit them or want to visit you during the time you have chosen to leave. It requires patience, psychological savvy, and family political know-how to navigate your way through the situation. you go, you have to become a negotiator and figure out how to placate me.
Reading
Sometimes, after a long day, you just want to escape your surroundings and be in a different place, a different time. A book allows you to do just that, without disturbing anyone else. You can do it on the plane, you can do it on the bus, you can do it anywhere you have enough light. And it doesn't cut you off from your surroundings like listening to music sometime does.
