I'm only in my late thirties and can't believe how tiring and depleting I find travel now. Planes especially but all sorts of hauling luggage any distance and staying in unfamiliar places really. Don't get me wrong I really enjoy being away on holiday, but I am amazed how exhausted and achey I am now on return. I need a few days rest and quiet to recover - this can't be normal?
It makes me feel so filthy and dishevelled, traipsing through train stations or airports. I hate this aspect I can't seem to feel properly clean. I have no idea how on earth some women look so perfectly fresh and put together at the airport. I just look like complete shit.
I don't class myself as a fussy type of person but when staying away often I find the shower isn't as good as at home - crap water pressure or whatever.
I don't have children so it's not travel with children that's tiring me so much but I do have several autoimmune conditions. However, they never did this to me up until maybe 5 years ago.
My mum died a year ago and we lived abroad so there was a lot of stressful travelling involved with that and I honestly think I have changed since that.
Does anyone else find travelling extremely tiring and like it drains your strength? Am I just turning into a tired cranky woman?