Nomad From Home

The COVID downtime has forced us to question the habits we’ve formed to live our urban fast-paced lives. When we’re not thinking about work, our mind has an unwillingness to stay still and reflect and instead jumps to the next big thing: Instagram, online shopping, Netflix…the list goes on. 

This seems to be even truer now since it’s become harder to plan vacations abroad. But what if you seized this opportunity to travel in your own idiosyncratic way? 

We’ve cooked up a list of super useful tools to help you do just that.  

Try out recipes of food and cocktails from a new culture using the NY Times Cooking App.

Dream-Plan your next road trip on Roadtrippers.com.

Discover new hiking trails on the Alltrails app.

Want to visualize and meditate on your next trip before planning it? Insight Timer and Shine are your go-to.

Stream something random from far away on Radio Garden.

Watch documentaries to dig up the history and culture of a country that intrigues you: Baraka , Samsara , Jiro Dreams of Sushi or Parts Unknown

Take a surprise virtual trip on Geoguessr

Learn a new language on Busuu

Finally create these photo albums you’ve been talking about for years on Blurb & Artifact Uprising

Read travel writer’s Sarah Baxter’s latest guide series: Hidden Places: an Inspired Traveler’s Guide

Engage, connect and support your local gift/craft/home store like the sustainable home good brand Kibo from Brooklyn. 

This article was published for the first time in Humankind Magazine, Numero 1.