Every now and then I answer a question that crops up a lot from you lot. This week: how do I travel so much and not fall apart at the seams?
I do travel a lot. I fly from Byron Bay to Sydney or Melbourne every week or so. Sometimes it’s a day trip. Sometimes I have to stay a few nights and I stay in air-conditioned hotels and friends spare rooms that aren’t always ventilated etc as I like. It’s really very disruptive to my health. And I DO fall apart at the seams a bit.
Don’t know about you but travel also grinds my digestive system to a halt. I don’t go to the loo. Plus, I get puffy and lethargic. And tired. Plane travel is so bad for us. Ditto air-con (which is everywhere when you travel). It’s hard to eat well on the road and we have odd timetables and sleep patterns.
And so I’ve had to learn ways to make it work for me. It’s taken some trial and error, but I have a flow now. Of sorts.
My key advice is to create routine. As much as possible.
To replicate what you do at home, on the road, as much as possible.
And lesson the toxic load at all turns.
So a list of the routines and toxic-reduction tricks that work for me:
In hotels:
* You’re going to think I’m bonkers: As soon as I arrive I go around and turn off all powerpoints in the room. All of them, including the one to the fridge. The EMF load in hotel rooms is crazy – fridges, phones, alarm clocks, internet…plus the load from surrounding rooms etc. I do what I can… (and am sure to turn them all back on when I leave…. although I do feel bad I stuff the clock radios).
* I request a room away from the lift well and away from the power room. Again to lessen the EMF load.
* I wear earplugs and an eyemask. Again, bonkers? Nah. It’s all about minimising interruptions and stimulus wherever you can.
* I go to bed early, as much as I enjoy sitting in bed watching news channels to all hours.
Exercise:
Exercise is key. You really have to make sure you get your lymphatic system moving – to flush toxins and to help facilitate routine (bowel and otherwise).
* If there’s no gym and/or I arrive late at night: I run up and down the firestairs in the hotel. I know it seems mad. But you do what you have to do. I came across others doing the same after arriving in HongKong when we filmed MasterChef. We laughed as we passed each other. Just make sure you remember what floor you entered from and that the firedoors allow you back out.