My son and I spent last week exploring Montreal together. He’s wanted to visit for quite a while, he had a week off from school, and I had a week with nothing to do. While I’ve been to Montreal many times (all for work), this was the first time where I visited purely as a tourist - and it was a blast. He’s eighteen, and living in New York for college, so I booked him a flight, gave him an address, and told him to meet me. This is not his first airplane trip by any means, but I think this was his first solo travel, so part of this trip was a learning experience for him. Short story is that he made it to our Airbnb in Montreal without any problems. We debriefed a bit over dinner and he told me he was “a little nervous about traveling internationally by himself, but got more confident as he traveled” - by being out of his comfort zone, he gained confidence and learned.

In a previous post on learning, I talked about being comfortable being uncomfortable. In a post just last week, Mako talk…