Traveling

I am not a good traveler. It may even be said I am a horrible traveler. It wasn't always this way, in my last job I was traveling for months at a time on flights from Russia to Germany to Canada to Hong Kong. I would fall asleep the minute the plane took off and wake up when we were about to touch down. No heavy breathing, clutching the arm rests or panicky looks. Now, is a different story. I'm not sure what caused this change in traveling anxiety levels but it is not fun. Recently on a trip back from Hawaii (my least favorite kind of traveling is in a plane over lots and lots of water) I watched this woman in first class sit down, take off her high heels and slip on some chic flats, unpack this amazing Hermes scarf and pull out a kindle. She looked so comfy and glamorous. I looked down at my hooded sweatshirt, sneakers and airplane blanket and sighed. I am trying as a resolution not to think "if only I had that, life would be so much easier/better/happier" BUT seriously if I only had this:

Or these:

with this in my arms:

and a few of these:

Maybe I could handle all the flights I have coming up?

Images from Luzury Scarves.com, Zappos.com, UX hero.com, best of LongIslandPress.com