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Going OOO With Travel Tips from Yolanda Edwards of Yolo Journal
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Going OOO With Travel Tips from Yolanda Edwards of Yolo Journal

Woohoo!

Laurel Pantin
Jun 09, 2023
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For the first time in, like, five years, my husband and I are going on a trip together without the kids. So woohooo!

I’m trying to log off of social media, and put my phone down (as much as one can when your kids are so far away), and just be with him and my friends and not be so worried about everything else.

I can’t remember if I’ve written this down before, but my yoga teacher (how very LA of me!) always gives a little lecture in the middle of our 90 minute class. One thing she keeps repeating is that when you’re depressed you’re living in the past. When you’re anxious you’re living in the future.

That’s obviously over-simplifying, but I think there’s a lot of truth to that. I have anxiety and I’m always worried that I’m missing something (not in the FOMO sense, more in the Oh shit I dropped the ball way), so I constantly check my email, and whatever whatever. I’m living in the future, worried about what’s going to happen.

In general, I’ve tried to separate from my phone more. I wear …

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