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Travelling Is Great, But So Is Having A Routine

Tom Stevenson
4 min readMay 9, 2019

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I love to travel, the fact that it also doubles up as my job is a bonus! Visiting new places and learning about new cultures are things that fascinate me.

I have been lucky enough to visit many wonderful places since I started travelling in late 2012, and I wouldn’t change any of it for the world.

However, there is one area of travelling that I struggle with, that of constantly being on the move.

I am a creature of habit. I thrive when I have a routine that I get into. This is especially true when it comes to working. When I don’t know what I’m doing from one day to the next, it can be difficult to find time to work or exercise.

Travelling has a way of sucking up your time, so you need to fit a lot into a short space of time.

This wasn’t much of an issue when I was younger, the thrill of the adventure usurped the need for a routine. However, the older I get, the more I realise the value of having a solid routine.

The benefits of having one outweigh not having one in most cases. Travelling is a disruption to your normal patterns. Some days can be spent driving for miles, while others are spent not doing much at all.

As someone that is self-employed, a routine is vital to ensure that I am getting the most out of…

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