{"id":7749,"date":"2015-10-20T16:49:43","date_gmt":"2015-10-20T15:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/?p=7749"},"modified":"2021-02-24T19:42:06","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T19:42:06","slug":"stay-calm-flying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/2015\/10\/stay-calm-flying","title":{"rendered":"10 Tips on Staying Calm When Flying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Easy Jet Boarding\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/daisyhatami\/22195281625\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5747\/22195281625_0fe013c9f6_k.jpg\" alt=\"Easy Jet Boarding\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2048\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I love visiting new places. I enjoy my time at the airport before a flight and landing in a new city ready for adventures. However, one thing I&#8217;m not so crazy about is the flight. It&#8217;s during the run-up to the take off that my nerves really swing into action. Luckily, over the last couple of years I&#8217;ve found some simple ways to try and keep calm during the take off and throughout the rest of flight.<\/p>\n<p>Here are 10 things I do to try and feel relaxed during take off:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Arrive at the airport early:<\/em><\/strong> The suggested 2 hours should be enough but if I&#8217;m flying on my own or I&#8217;m in charge of a few friends then I&#8217;ll happily arrive at the airport with a little extra time to spare. My holiday starts at the airport and if you&#8217;re flying from a big airport there are plenty of shops to browse. I find this helps me to calm my nerves before the flight.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Leave enough time to walk to the gate:<\/em><\/strong> I like to ensure I have enough time to walk to the gate without needing to rush. Those gates can sometimes be situated quite far away. If I have to start rushing\/waddling quickly or get lost then that&#8217;s when I can become more nervous.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Eat simple before a flight:<\/em><\/strong> I don&#8217;t know about you but I <em>do not<\/em> enjoy using the toilet on a plane. So, I try to eat and drink simple food before boarding a flight. I find herbal teas are the best. I also take a few snacks onto the plane, especially if it&#8217;s just a short flight.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Take a bottle of water onto the flight:<\/em><\/strong> Having a bottle of water to hand makes me feel at ease. I can have it to hand during the take off and I don&#8217;t have to ask for an emergency cup of water.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Don&#8217;t focus on being nervous:<\/em><\/strong> I know this sounds silly but I really works. When I<a href=\"http:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/2013\/01\/new-york-the-high-line\"> flew to New York<\/a> a few years back it was my first time flying alone. Normally I tell my friends or family that I&#8217;m nervous, I ask what noises are, you know the normal! But, on my own I couldn&#8217;t do that. I had to sit back and focus on other things. This made me feel much more calm before the flight. These days I try very hard not to mention to my friends if I&#8217;m feeling nervous. If I do, I instantly become more nervous and feel very closed in.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Think about the destination and what you&#8217;ll do there<\/em><\/strong>: I like to think about all the exciting things I have planned for my adventure. I imagine getting in the taxi and making your way to the hotel, dumping the heavy bags and heading out for the first ice cream of the holiday. I also like to try and plan blog posts in my head (during take off) and then I note them down once we&#8217;re in the air.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Focus on reading:<\/em> <\/strong>Even if you don&#8217;t read the words, just take some time to browse the pages. I like to slowly start looking at the pictures and finding a story to focus on when the flight starts to leave. I try hard to read each word and then by the time we&#8217;re in the air I can usually relax a little. The other option would be to focus on playing a game on your tablet or phone.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Browse the snacks menu:<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;I like to slowly browse through the menu and decide if&nbsp;I need any snacks. I usually order a peppermint or ginger and lemon tea.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Breathe:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em>If I really can&#8217;t focus on something I close my eyes and breathe deeply and very slowly.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><b>Safe hands:&nbsp;<\/b><\/em>Take a moment to remember that pilots and cabin crew do this on a daily basis and&nbsp;you&#8217;re in safe hands.<em>If things get very bad then let a member of the cabin crew know that you&#8217;re a nervous flyer when you board the plane. They&#8217;ll take good care of you and in many cases they&#8217;ll also let you chat to the pilot. Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/2014\/10\/flight-787-dreamliner-thomson-airways\">my review of the 787 Dreamliner<\/a> to find out&nbsp;Captain John Murphy&#8217;s 3 suggestions for nervous flyers.<\/em><strong>Do you get nervous when you&#8217;re flying? If so, how do you calm those nerves?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love visiting new places. I enjoy my time at the airport before a flight and landing in a new city ready for adventures&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1328,108],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7749"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7749"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16607,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7749\/revisions\/16607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}