Simplicity. Patience. Compassion.

Loving yourself takes daily practice.

When you travel, you can become anyone. No one knows you. No one is telling you who–based on your history, or their ideas about your history–they’ve decided who you are. When you travel, everything is unfamiliar and possible again. Like with a brand-new job or a brand-new partner. Like with a first kiss. For a short, perfect while, you get to see yourself–you get to experience yourself–as new. Until the inevitable (and inevitability surprising) reminder: you are still you.

Don’t waste that powerful mind of yours counting calories. Don’t do it.

1. Smile 2. Drink tea and take warm baths 3. If you like someone, wait 4. Smile at a person in public, it’ll make their day and yours 5. Dress in comfy clothes 6. Embrace/love yourself 7. Take care of your body 8. Go outside, and soak in the rays 9. Listen to good music 10. Don’t be afraid to stray from the pack 11. Dress for yourself and no one else 12. Meet new people and become closer to the ones you know 13. Read new books 14. Write poetry even if you don’t think it sounds rights 15. Have ‘me’ time