2020 forced a lot of people to realize that they hadn’t done the travel they wanted yet. Now, the pandemic has subsided and life is returning to its regular hustle and grind. We feel ourselves slipping back into the capitalistic habits of working without ends.
Well here’s your nudge! Have you taken any trips since the pandemic? Have you seen that part of the world you always dreamed of seeing?
Don’t lose your dreamy momentum!
First of all, you’re already in the right place if you’re reading this! It means you haven’t let yourself fall off the wagon completely when it comes to the dreams and aspirations of earth exploration!
Taking an international trip is a bit like jumping into a cold pool. You aren’t sure you want to do it. It’s cold, and it’s going to give you feels! It might be uncomfortable while your body gets used to the new temperature. But after you jump in once, you want to jump in again… and again…
Gather your thoughts. Take some dedicated time to dream by yourself or with your family. Where do you want to go? What do you want to see and experience? Write it down. Post a picture of it somewhere you can see. Talk about it!
Someone once told me, you don’t have to know the “how” …you just have to have the goal and the “why”.
So after you talk through that dream, ask yourself WHY? Why is it important that you travel? That you visit that place? That you accomplish this travel goal?
If you can push further, pick a time of year. Even if you don’t know your exact dates, maybe you can narrow down a time of year you’d like to travel. Fall, summer, spring…get away for the winter in the opposite hemisphere?
Make some choices. And if you can’t seem to find your way through choice making, shoot me a message. Let’s chat about how I can help you build a vacation that maybe you don’t have the time or energy to create.
If you “just can’t” right now… consider ways to keep that dream in the forefront of your mind. Following travel blogs or travel creators on your favorite social medias. Get newsletters. Scroll through Secret Flying’s cheap flights once a week. Subscribe to a physical travel magazine that sits on your coffee table. Put your change in a jar marked “vacation funds” … There are loads of ways to keep your dreams in your thoughts. And thoughts become things if you think about them enough! 🙂
Where do you want to go in 2024? Let me know in the comments! 🙂
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