your daily rock : travel light

April 14, 2013 in Daily Rock, General

My daughter Emma is getting ready for a six-week study trip this summer, so traveling light is front of mind for us right now–along with memories of my own college travels with a backpack. (And living light is a big part of my internal conversation these days too.)

I’ve written tips for travel before. I’m rethinking them to be even simpler. Certainly lighter.

Both in terms of what you carry with you physically and also what you carry emotionally.

Shed. Travel light. Pack only what you can easily carry. You won’t need the rest.

As Antoine de St. Exupery wrote, “He who would travel happily must travel light.”

What’s in all those bags you’re carrying around? Unpack them.

Love,

(These beautifully painted rocks are created by Kim Mailhot, aka The Rock Fairy.

About Patti Digh

Patti Digh is an author, speaker, and educator who builds learning communities and gets to the heart of difficult topics. Her work over the last three decades has focused on diversity, inclusion, social justice, and living and working mindfully. She has developed diversity strategies and educational programming for major nonprofit and corporate organizations and has been a featured speaker at many national and international conferences.