Not everyone wants to travel the world, but most people can identify at least one place in the world they’d like to visit before they die. Where is that place for you, and what will you do to make sure you get there?
(Author: Chris Guillebeau)
I’d love to travel the world, and perhaps that’s why I have difficulty picking just one place I’d like to visit before I die. I’d like to stand in the cross-streets of downtown Tokyo. I’d like to learn to surf on Australia’s Gold Coast. I’d like to go dancing all night in Berlin, and spend some time at an Ashram in India.
What will I do to make sure I get there? Ah, there’s the question. Do I just…”go?” Do I save up money for awhile, then tactically take on one adventure at a time? How do folks turn these adventures into a lifestyle? Can I just leave, pretty please? How soon is too soon to start?
I think about task management. When we have too much to do, very often seldom gets done. The amount of tasks at hand are too overwhelming, stifling productivity altogether. Maybe the same applies here. If I were to pick a vacation to take this year, where would I go? Why there, instead of someplace else? Why now, and why so many questions?!
I guess I’m saving these opportunities for the future. Rarely taking vacation at all, maybe I’m saving up for the great escape. Or maybe I’m unconsciously saving up for a big burnout from the daily grind. Either way, I have a feeling that once I get out there in the world, I’ll find some way to turn travel experiences into work. My passion is sharing them, after all.
I think about this all the time.
Read all of my responses
Read more about the #Trust30 Challenge
I’ve been reading Chris’s blog for a while now and he has a great plan, same idea as his question. http://chrisguillebeau.com/3×5/your-one-place/
That’s how you start. Pick one place, save $2 a day, have an adventure. It worked for me. I started saving the week I read that and about 18 months later I went to Austria. Now I’m planning a trip to SE Asia for next summer. It’s a simple little trick but it broke me out of planning but not doing.
That’s a great idea, thanks for the input – and congrats on all your travels, how fantastic. If I can cut back on that $2 coffee, it would certainly be worth it in the end!
Comments are closed.