Travel disrupts routine and forces a person to let go of so many things: daily habits, routines, preconceived notions, prejudices. It challenges, opens, and expands one’s mind. A person is thrust into engagements outside their comfort zone; they must adapt to new rules. I’ve found the challenge of travel simultaneously exciting and exhausting. But more than anything, I have found the in-between moments most tedious. By in-between moments, I mean those empty stretches of time between travel, from waiting to board, flying or riding, arriving at the destination, and the spaces they encompass. I loathed this time because it felt

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