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    16 Struggles All People With Wanderlust Have At Work Every Day

    Oh, the places you'll ... sit.

    1. Having to wear shoes that aren't flip-flops to work.

    2. And clothes that you didn't just pull from the bottom of your backpack.

    3. Accepting the fact that not everyone in your office is as ~cool~ as the people you've met on your travels.

    4. Being forced to redefine your idea of a ~good time~ on a daily basis.

    5. Trying to actually do your job when you spend most of your time thinking about where you would go first if you didn't have it.

    6. Pretending to be excited when your co-workers suggest the local Mexican spot for happy hour and you know their guac is not half as good as the real kind you had in Mexico.

    7. Perfecting the art of looking busy when you're really just daydreaming about your next adventure.

    8. Coming in tired not because you were out raging the night before, but because you went down the travel blog rabbit hole right before bed and it was DEEP.

    9. Not hearing your boss when she calls on you during a meeting, because ~travel daydreams.~

    10. Trying to plan a life-changing trip when you only have two weeks' vacation for the whole year and THAT IS NOT ENOUGH.

    11. Starting to tell one of your epic travel stories to your boss and then remembering that it all happened because you'd housed all that local rum.

    12. Knowing that the world is so much bigger than yourself, and that you shouldn't let #officeproblems get to you ...

    13. Smelling the street food cart outside your office every morning and wishing you were actually on the street in the country where the food is from.

    14. Giving yourself an entire week to suck at your job when you get back from vacation because you are just that sad and you cannot even.

    15. Letting out a wistful sigh every time you turn on your computer and see your beautiful desktop photo from your last trip.

    16. But knowing that, when it's all said and done, your next trip WILL come around, and it WILL be amazing, and it's just a matter of ~patience~.