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I have spend more than 5 years as a nomad. Here are 17 tips for less travel-stress during flights:

🎧 Noise-cancellation will remove any AC noise and improve exp 100%
🎒 Go Carry-on only
✈️ Board last -> pick best free seat + 1st class if overbooked (rare, but happened to me)
🧘‍♀️ Focus-breath-meditation vs sleeping hunched
💨 Windjacket for cold
use cream to prevent dry skin (so much AC in a plane)
🛫 save boarding passes offline on your phone
🍔 Avoid fast food & caffeine
🍌 Eat fruit, drink water
😴 Sleep well before
💪🏼 20s contractions: leg-lifts, push off chair, pushups, squats in toilet 😂
healthytravelblog.com/2016/08/31/10-…

💢 Back-pain? Sit straight. Back fatigued? Buckle up hips really tight w belt, Hip will be aligned and prevents slouching. From the great Kelly Starret:
🚶🏽‍♂️ Get up from seat every hour & walk. Also, walk before boarding plane.
🤮 Turbulence? Tighten abs+slowdown breathing+focus eyes on 1 thing
telegraph.co.uk/travel/advice/…
😶 Boredom? Podcasts+ereader+music
💆‍♀️ Massage pain points: migraineagain.com/pressure-point…
🙆🏼‍♀️ stretches from a chair: byrdie.co.uk/airplane-stret…
🥣 Fasting on flight can help w jetlag.
travel 3+ timezones? This is also followed by military: medicalxpress.com/news/2009-06-a…
forbes.com/sites/bishopjo…
🙀1 out of 6 has aviophobia fear of flying. Distract yourself: learn writing your name with your left hand. Talk to the pilots about your fear. Friends of mine did and they were told what course and angles they took during take-off. One time they could sit next to the pilots!
breath through a straw to prevent hyperventilation.
more telegraph.co.uk/travel/advice/…

💸 free 1st class: ask for business class upgrade (just checking availability. If so, buy Ferrer Roche or other expensive chocolate.
Enter last and give the chocolate to the welcoming attendants. Tell them your mom was a flight-attendant all her life and you know from her stories how tough it can be. Have no expectations, but if you're lucky, 1 out of 6 times you can get business class 4 free (anecdotal ;))
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it fits:
shirts: 2 button-up, 2 t-shirts
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Never be afraid to refuse an unfair price, but dont waste energy for a dime.
Honest and hard work should always be rewarded
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