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One of the best ways to acclimate to a new location is to go exploring. Familiarize yourself with your new surroundings so that it doesn't seem so foreign. This will help you feel more at home while you're traveling. Try taking a walk each day to a new part of town. Even if you stay in your own neighborhood, this can still be a very grounding exercise. Download a walking or touring app like Field Trip or Cities Talking to help you find your way around. Document your travels by taking a lot of pictures. You'll want to remember your time away once you return home, and photos are great mementos for you to bring home with you. Additionally, you can post the photos on your social media accounts to stay connected to friends and family at home while you are traveling. Create some semblance of a routine for yourself to avoid homesickness if you're staying somewhere for a long period. Activities such as going to the same coffee shop every morning will give you a sense of familiarity with your surroundings that will comfort you. People will begin to recognize you if you start frequenting the same places. Once starts to happen, you will feel more of a sense of community with the new location, like you belong. Talking with other people from your native country or home state will make you feel a little less out of place when you travel. Seek out a pub or bar that televises your favorite sport and enjoy some camaraderie with some new friends to forget that you're far from home. Spending time with other travelers will help you feel less lonely and give you an outlet to vent about any problems you may encounter or homesickness you might be feeling. Splurge on a fancy restaurant meal, an exotic new coat, or a pair of boots when you travel. You'll feel good about yourself and will appreciate the area where you're traveling more by enjoying some of the nicer things the region has to offer. This can help you focus more on creating a positive experience for yourself, rather than focusing on how much you miss home. Create a list of all of the things you want to do, see, or experience while you are traveling. Make an effort to do each thing and then cross them off as you work your way through the list. This will give you something to focus on and create goals for you to achieve while you're away from home. Include things like restaurants you want to eat at, local tourist sites you want to visit, various local cuisines you want to try, or any other local experience you can't get at home.
Explore your new area. Take lots of photos. Form a routine. Make new friends. Treat yourself. Make a bucket list.