I’ve been thinking almost all day of travel’s downsides and I think I’ve hit on a solution. (Things like missing my own bed or dealing with unfamiliar surroundings I really can’t do much about, I’ll just have to live with them.) My solution is to create a ‘travel bag’ so I can use on my next trip. It’ll be the bag that will contain the essentials: moisturizer, lotion, deodorant, etc.,...

Sometimes, one of travel’s biggest downsides for me is having to be someplace else besides my own surroundings. It makes me feel quite discombobulated. Whether it’s a trip I’m looking forward to or one of necessity, when I get to my destination, initially, I long for things I left at home. Home is where I can walk around (almost) blindfolded because I know where everything is. It’s where I don’t...