I’m writing this from Rabat, Morocco.
Mom and I are here for a few days as part of our 2026 adventure.
And while going through the airport, I thought to myself…
The luxury of travel is also the anxiety of travel.
Learning how to navigate foreign places, their culture and customs is educational.
But it can stress you out if you’re not comfortable being uncomfortable.
Our dyslexic brains are wired for analysis.
We’re always scanning scenarios for what could go wrong.
And when life gives us the option to keep planning instead of acting, we’ll often choose planning.
Why?
Because, planning feels like progress, even though nothing is actually moving.
Travel kills that illusion.
Meaning there’s no “I’ll figure it out later” when you’re standing outside a train station in a country where you can’t read the signs.
You either figure it out now or stay stranded.
PLANNING VS. DOING
There are 3 different things happening to dyslexic brains under these conditions.
One
Our executive function gets some serious reps.
At home, life’s pretty automated.
You take the same way to work, go through the same routines and systems day to day.
Travel strips all of that away.
Travel means you’re tracking time zones, managing logistics and problem-solving in real time with incomplete information.
Here, you’re no longer planning to problem-solve, you’re actually doing it.
That gap is where you build Confidence, even if it’s accidental.
Two
While traveling, your brain stops needing perfect information.
After a few days in a new environment, the brain recalibrates.
It stops waiting for certainty before acting.
It starts trusting instinct much faster.
For dyslexic overthinkers who’ve spent years convinced we need to know more before we can do more, this is a big deal.
You now start saying: “I don’t need the full picture to move forward”
In other words, you accept good enough instead of waiting for perfection.
Three
We talk about confidence like it’s a feeling you have to generate internally before you can act.
Travel flips that.
While travelling, you act first and confidence shows up afterwards..
You might ask for help in a language you barely speak
When you go the wrong way, you turn around and correct it
You figure things out you were convinced you couldn’t figure out
All because you absolutely have to.
The absence of choice leaves you one option - action.
EXPOSURE
But you don’t need to go to Morocco!
The point isn’t about the destination.
You can get this type of exposure in any new environment or unfamiliar situation….
Anytime the cost of waiting is higher than the cost of acting,
or when the habit of overthinking dissappears.
That’s the remedy.
Afterall…
Haven’t we spent enough time getting ready to get ready?
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