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Today is day 1 of approximately 210.    What am I feeling right now? Excited, a bit nervous, and carrying a two-day hangover from ringing in the new year while sitting here three hours into a thirteen-hour flight.  So let’s talk about the planning.   How do you physically and mentally prepare to leave home for seven months? Where do you even start when it comes to budgeting, logistics, routes, and the reality of being gone for that long?   For me, this dream became real throu