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Ugh, I hate to admit this but I'm not sure I understand the first part of the question :$
I love traveling so I'd like to think I take to it pretty well. I mean, if I'm with other people it's easy peasy and I don't worry about it at all. If I'm by myself I stress a fair amount because I'm terrified of not making the next flight or getting lost or getting on the wrong plane or something, but in general I do just fine even by myself.

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But for the rest of it:
For starters, I've never actually heard the term 'travel sick (or sickness)' but I googled it and apparently it means motion sickness? Like car sick? If that's the case, then no, I don't usually get travel sick. I only get sick when there's stop and go traffic on freeways / highways, if I'm reading in the car (or basically any activity that requires me to look down for extended periods of time while in the car), or if we're on an extremely curvy road. None of those happen essentially ever for me, so I don't get car sick. I think I've only gotten nauseous on a plane once but nothing came up, and the same goes for a train. Otherwise I don't know about other forms of travel.
In regards to feeling homesick, it doesn't happen to me very often. Usually the only reason I'd feel homesick is my bed, my dog, someone I care about that isn't traveling with me, or a local food place that isn't where I'm traveling to. But my actual home, hometown, etc. I don't really care about because I love traveling!

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I often deal with jetlag, although for me personally I haven't yet determined if it's just a simple lack of sleep because of a combination of stress and not sleeping, or if jetlag is actually a thing. I travel to Europe from the west coast of the US fairly often and (with time differences) it's about a 25 hour trip on average. I don't sleep at all during that time because I literally cannot fall asleep on planes or in public places such as airports. So yeah, when I reach my destination I'm pretty exhausted to say the least. But I still stay up fairly late, get up at a fairly decent time, and survive the trip. I guess the only hint of jetlag would be that for the first few days (at least) of the trip, right around lunch time and the 1-3 hours after lunchtime, I always feel like I'm about to crash :p

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It all depends on the person living it I would think. I mean, we all have different definitions for a 'meaningful' life so it's hard to classify every single person into either meaningful or not meaningful categories based on a single agreed upon system of classification.

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To me personally, your life is meaningful if you feel it's meaningful. I don't care what you did or didn't do, what you saw or didn't see, who you fucked or didn't fuck. It's how *you* perceive it.

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I would consider my life meaningful if I did something good with my time.
If I found love-- that true, genuine kind that you don't often witness, but when you do it's the most beautiful thing you could imagine.
If I traveled the entire planet and saw as much as my eyes could handle without going blind from seeing so much of the pure beauty in the world.
If I experienced as many different cultures as my little brain could wrap its metaphorical arms around.
If I learned everything about anything and my mind became like the world's most random collection of information which I could then dig through and spew trivia about movies from the 1930s and the 1990s as easily as I could rattle on about car engines, fish species, the human anatomy, stocks, geography, the Revolutionary War and Cleopatra.
If I made a difference-- a big, important difference in someone's life. Anyone's life, as long as that difference was good, lasting, and important.
If I brought good people into this world and raised them to be the absolute best they could ever become and then some.
If, when I'm lying there on death's doorstep and looking death right in his big, black eyes, I can stare into his soul and I can smile because I know that I've done the best I could do and I lived a life that made me happy.
That's how I would determine if my life was meaningful or not.

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..But that's my life, no one else's.

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Okay, so I really like this question.
Now. Being strict does NOT necessarily equate to protecting your child OR being a good parent. When parents go overboard with their strict rules & whatnot, children either turn into sheltered little mice with no balls or rebellious little twats with no limits. That's not fair to the child because Jesus Christ, let them live a little. It's not fair to the world because Jesus Christ, let us live a little rather than making us regulate everything that goes on around your precious little child. And lastly it's not fair to the parents because Jesus Christ, who really wants to spend that much time fawning over their child, combing through every single little thing they do, regulating every activity & just constantly being a dictator.

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I already have rules set up for my future children. I know exactly what type of parent I want to be & (as long as I stay with my current boyfriend) I know I won't have issues with the dad agreeing ;p
--Respect is a big issue, so there has to be a mutual respect between each of my children, myself, & my husband in any situation (arguments included).
--Technology is fine. I won't be spying on them or anything, but it will be limited. No phones at meals, no watching tv all day, computers & video games will have a decent time limit up to a certain age.
--Chores will be a thing, but they'll be split evenly & trading is allowed.
--Junk food will be a treat, not a regular occurrence. Some form of family activity (exercise) will be a thing.
--Curfews will be a thing if they're going out for the evening. I will want a text/call if they're going to be late.
--Homework has to be done, regardless.
--Sons & daughters will be damn well educated on sex & provided with the proper birth control/pregnancy prevention, etc. since we all know kids have sex these days.
--Openness & honesty are a must. I want a relationship where my children are comfortable coming to us.
--Jobs. I won't dish out ALL the money they need/want past a certain age. Help though? Yes.
--Boyfriends have to meet us before daughter/s can go out on the first 'official' date when he picks her up. *No, that doesn't mean we have to approve. I'm just old fashioned and want to meet potential suitors.

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My main concern is that my children grow up to be respectful, responsible, & healthy (mentally, physically, emotionally, everything) regardless of any boundaries we may set.

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* I am a firm believer in hitting your own nose on the wall to learn the lesson; I won't be that parent that won't allow my kids to date or be friends with someone just because I don't approve. That kid turns out to be shit and my kid didn't see it ahead of time, they'll be better prepared for the next time. But yes, I will sit my kids down & voice any serious concerns I have about their friends/relationships. I'm also not that person that will let my kid go into what's obviously going to be an abusive relationship or a dangerous friendship.

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@frayedendsofsanity (the boyfriend, so of course I interact with him outside of Ask. Especially since HE NEVER LOGS INTO ASK ANYMORE. The little shit.)
@femalemadhatter33
Those are the only ones I actually know and talk to outside of Ask.

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I also interact with @LupeFiasco91 on Instagram occasionally.

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Aside from those 3, I'd love to speak more with just about anyone. Solely based on the types of questions and answers I see from those I follow, I would love to interact more with these lovely people:
@theonlyems -- She seems really smart and like someone that I would genuinely get along with.
@SensationalLJ -- I dunno. He just seems cool.
@dctmgp__ -- Uh, she is a total sweetheart and who wouldn't wanna be friends with a sweetheart?
@asdfghjklperfect -- She seems cool, and I like her answers and her opinions on stuff. I feel like we'd get along well.
@conjectures -- She seems really insightful and intelligent.
@LAKocis -- He's very intelligent and he knows a hell of a lot about a hell of a lot. That's always good :p
@Askmehsometin -- I dunno.. Just kinda like one of those more 'normal' people here on Ask that doesn't get involved in all the drama, nice to talk to.. All that good stuff c:
@obsydia_ -- I love her questions and I feel like she's very intelligent.
@samanthaelaine445 -- I like her views on things and I agree with a lot of her parenting answers (even though I don't have a child myself). Dunno, I suppose we'd probably get along.

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I don't watch the X Factor, and I haven't seen The Voice in a few years, but from the little I know about both I MUCH prefer The Voice. The judges are better, the set up is better, I much prefer how they choose the contestants, everything.
Since the whole premise of both shows is talent I much prefer how The Voice chooses who makes it through based SOLELY on the talent, which is also the judge's first impression. I hate talent shows where the judges' first impression is so clearly a part of their decision-- like American Idol, America's Got Talent, The X Factor.. I also like how you don't need a majority vote to get through on The Voice, and how if more than one judge votes you through YOU get to choose who your coach / mentor is. It's like you play a bigge role in your winning than just showing off your talent. Besides the fact that it's more of a game in The Voice as well. It's like a friendly competition rather than an immediate fend for yourself thing. It starts as a sort of a team effort. I mean, it is a single person that wins, but they make it more about which coach wins the season so it's more like 'Coach Blake's team won this season!' and everyone who was on his team gets some kind of spotlight, even those who didn't win themselves.

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No. Well, it's kind of a tough question because I think they should be sheltered just a little bit, but I also thoroughly dislike parents who shelter their children from life.

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Life will throw you curveballs from the day you're born and yes, even children have to learn how to handle those curveballs. Sheltering them from unhappiness is a good thing in the sense that their childhood will be what it's supposed to be: happy, naive, ignorant, etc. But they will also be more likely to grow up to be exactly that: naive, ignorant, etc. That way of living won't do them any good when they're older because they won't know how to handle the seriousness of life as they age. Heartbreak, loneliness, unfairness, etc. will all feel that much worse for them because it will hit them like a blow to the gut rather than a smack on the arm. As awful as it sounds, you can't shelter someone from the bad parts of life and expect them to turn out 'prepared' for what's to come. You can't expect someone's first experience with unhappiness to be any easier than their 30th. So you may as well prepare them by letting them 'get used to it'.

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That's not to say that you should purposely make every child's life miserable or that you shouldn't do your god damn best to make sure they have a happy childhood, but don't go overboard and try to shield them from the world.

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