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Think about your upcoming trip

If you’re flying for a vacation, sketch out a list of all the places you want to visit, including secondary places. Study a map and plan a route at least as far as your hotel. Download the necessary apps and articles on your phone in advance.

If you’re going to another country, learn the basic language phrases and rules of etiquette. In a business trip is always relevant to better prepare a speech, review documents. And you can also make a list of people to whom you want to bring gifts and souvenirs.

Reading

One of the most popular activities for the road. When else will you have time to read the classics that you never got around to?

It is best to bring a reader. It weighs little, does not strain your eyes too much and can accommodate many works. But you can take a paper book, if your luggage is not too heavy. Also, in airports and train stations sold a lot of magazines – not only entertainment, but also highly specialized (for programmers, photographers, motorists).

Another great option – audio books and radio listeners. Check in advance to make sure the narrator’s voice doesn’t annoy you.

Social media and planning

Make and tweak your plans for the future, take stock of last month’s accomplishments, and make lists of things to do and things to buy. Write a post on social networks or a note in a personal diary about your expectations for the trip. Or about the experiences you’ve had, if you’re going back.

Drawing

Drawing on an airplane is not very comfortable and it’s also a distraction for the neighbors, but for the airport or the train it’s a good idea. You’ll need pencils or pens, a sharpener, and paper. If you’ve never drawn before, print out or download instructional drawing cards in advance.

Music

Nothing distracts you on the road, you’re not in a hurry. Even familiar songs can open up in a new way. Download yourself tracks of new directions and artists, including those that don’t seem to be close to you. You can open up a whole world for yourself.

Games

If you’re traveling in company, the list of games for you is huge. Contact, association, innuendo and provocation, tanchiki, feudal lords, gallows… Everyone remembers the game of cities. There is a close analog to it: everyone takes turns naming words to a given letter or syllable.

Another fun game: any object is called, and then you need to think how it can be used not for its intended purpose. On the train you can take with you hiking chess and checkers, go, cards. If you are traveling alone, you will be helped by games on your smartphone. You can also try your luck at online casinos, especially since in today’s world, almost all of the reliable sites are adapted for mobile devices. And you can also buy crosswords and puzzles, such as Rubik’s cube.

Watching movies and TV shows

Before you travel, download some movies to your gadget. If you’re traveling alone, take a headset splitter. Make sure you have a power outlet, because not all planes and trains have one, just like Wi-Fi.

Clean up your workspace

Take the great opportunity to clean out all the archives and organize your desktop on your laptop or tablet or phone. Delete unnecessary folders, files, videos and music albums, organize and sign what you need. You can also take care of the photos. Anything that didn’t come out and blurry, delete at once, and some can be processed and published in social networks.

Time to study

A long trip is a good excuse to tighten your language skills or learn something new in your professional field. Students often take their textbooks with them and prepare for exams right on the road. At the same time, they have more free time afterwards.

Time for Work Matters

Take the necessary documentation with you and do some upcoming business in advance. Write business letters. Freelancers in general very often work in trains or trains, it’s a great time saver.

New acquaintances

If you’re bored, strike up a conversation with a passenger you like. On a trip you can meet very interesting and useful people, and sometimes even your soulmate. Ask him where he is going, and how many times he has been there. This way you can learn interesting details about the country you are traveling to.

Get your thoughts and dreams in order.

New experiences make your thoughts flow differently on the road. Listen to yourself: what emotions you have inside, if there are any new ideas, insights. Travelling, including the road, always helps you better understand yourself and rethink a lot.

Contemplation

Look at how people around you are dressed, how they behave, what nationalities they are. Play detective and imagine what they might be doing in their lives, what they might be thinking about. Such a simple activity will help you develop observation and a more subtle understanding of people.

Time for a hobby

You can knit, cross stitch, weave bracelets and macramé while on the road. For a long train ride, you can knit a pair of socks or a scarf. Or give preference to the banal rest – sleep. For comfort, you could use a sleep mask, earplugs, and a pillow-valve under your neck. With these devices your sleep will be both pleasant and useful. The main thing is not to oversleep your station.

A message to relatives

This is a good time to find out how your relatives or friends are doing who you’ve been wanting to call but haven’t found the time. You can also chat with friends in social networks.