1. Explore your own community through the eyes of a tourist. Check out museums, parks, or other local landmarks that you’ve wondered about but never visited.
2. Go to a local ethnic market or restaurant and sample some new-to-you foods.
3. Take a daylong walk without a destination. See what you find.
4. Sign up for a language class at a community center. Join a conversation group to practice.
5. Invite friends over to cook Chinese, French, or Indian food, and watch a subtitled film from that country.
6. Stream traditional music from around the world.
7. Read some great travel memoirs.
8. Watch movies about characters on a journey. Stunning cinematography is a bonus: The Lord of the Rings (New Zealand), Eat Pray Love (Italy, India, Bali), The Way (Spain), Everything Everywhere All at Once (the multiverse).

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This was originally written by Laurel Kallenbach and excerpted from “5 Strategies for Becoming a More Conscious Traveler” which was published in Experience Life.