Pre-Travel, 16/11/22
Dear Luna, In less than a month, I'm going to be going on the greatest adventure of my life so far, and if I am being honest, I am rather nervous. I don't think many people talk about the anxiety that comes with travelling. I've seen many social media accounts on Instagram , TikTok , and even YouTube talking about the excitement and the thrill of travelling. Don't get me wrong, the exhilaration within me keeps growing every day, but so are the worries. My nerves aren't growing because I'm wondering what awful things could happen during my travels, as I am a woman. It's growing because of the thought of not seeing my family, my friends and the familiar. Besides lockdown, this is going to be the longest time I am away from my parents. Sure, during the quarantine stage of my life, I was away from them, but I was still in the same country, just three hours east of them, writing up my dissertation as I finished my final year of University. This time it's di...