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This is more of a moving tip, but since I sold all my stuff and left my house, it’s a travel tip too =)

Change your address on all your accounts, especially bank accounts. Address changes with the USPS only go for 1 year and then they stop forwarding.

DELETE your old address from everywhere you can think of, particularly places that save multiple addresses like Amazon.com and eBay/Paypal. I had an item that I thought of at the last minute shipped from Amazon to my Austin, TX address (where I left) instead of my Springfield, IL one. Luckily it was only a $10 item.

I’m going to California; the Bay Area, specifically. I’m taking a route through Austin to grab a couple items I left with friends and then through a few more cities to spend time with friends and family while I make my way toward the coast.

Google tells me that it will take me 3,084 miles and 50 hours of driving. I told a friend about it and she asked how much time I had planned for it to take.. I said about 1 week and she said that was crazy. I realize now that with all the visiting included, this is going to take me a lot more time. Also, I’ll be working my regular job during the whole trip (not while I’m driving, of course).

I’ll leave around January 16 and probably wind up in the Bay sometime late January or early February.

If your city is on my path and you want to get food or something, let me know (contact info on the sidebar)!

Is it permanent? I don’t know. Do I have a place lined up to stay? No. Is there a job or a girl out there waiting for me? No.
I’m just.freaking.going.