Today I have spend the first day of my holidays as relaxed as possible. I wish I could say I am writing from some exotic, interesting country or in some places I have never been before far away or nearby. Well, I wish might be the incorrect term here. I have chosen to spend my holidays in London, not because I can't afford to travel, but because I have a new-ish goal in my life. Something I have not thought of being an option any time soon neither that I would do it alone. For my goal to become reality I need some more pennies on my account. And in order for that to happen I need to stop traveling for a while.
You might have noticed that my recent blog updates have not been much about traveling if I have updated it at all. So far I seriously struggle with sitting here and not doing anything. I am even reading my work emails, thinking that it is such a waste of time to not do anything with my free time. I do have some plans for my free time, but they are rather on the small scale. Such as sorting finally out the little amount of paper work I have and bring some of my stuff to charity.
I didn't think it would be so hard, given that I have done a bit of traveling in the past and there wouldn't be any reason for me to run off again. But every time I see a documentary, watch a movie, read an article from different places, the urge to go there and see if for myself is surfacing. So many things around me remind me of the world that is out there and still to be explored for me.
This is not me complaining about the current situation, it is what it is and I made the decision myself. But to imagine a life without traveling at all is really hard for me and I am sure as a fellow traveler you know exactly what I am feeling.
I have to remind myself to look at the bigger picture and for what I am sacrificing the part I like the most in my life. It might give me the option to focus on other things I always wanted to take up and do, explore a bit more of the close surroundings, seeing friends more frequently. All the little things I have not paid attention to in the past simply because I was content with everything I had and there was no need to change.
Now you might wonder why I give something up I love so much (even if it is just for a short period of time) and what made me so happy, for something that will tie me down and burden responsibility on to me.
As you know, we are not getting younger and looking a bit ahead into the future it made me realise, that at one point I will no longer be able to work and travel, I will need to have the finance for my travels without working, simply because I might not be able to work anymore one day. So I am starting now to make the required preparation to avoid this in my later life.
No one will know what will happen in the future and it is possible that there will be things happening in my future that change everything I am planning.
I will still post from time to time, but more random things from my life and maybe I have the odd trip here and there but not as frequently as in the past. I thought I just put it out there, that a life without traveling is simply not the best I can imagine.
I am so excited already when the times comes for me again to plan my next trip around this time next year. With this said Happy Travels everyone!
You might have noticed that my recent blog updates have not been much about traveling if I have updated it at all. So far I seriously struggle with sitting here and not doing anything. I am even reading my work emails, thinking that it is such a waste of time to not do anything with my free time. I do have some plans for my free time, but they are rather on the small scale. Such as sorting finally out the little amount of paper work I have and bring some of my stuff to charity.
I didn't think it would be so hard, given that I have done a bit of traveling in the past and there wouldn't be any reason for me to run off again. But every time I see a documentary, watch a movie, read an article from different places, the urge to go there and see if for myself is surfacing. So many things around me remind me of the world that is out there and still to be explored for me.
This is not me complaining about the current situation, it is what it is and I made the decision myself. But to imagine a life without traveling at all is really hard for me and I am sure as a fellow traveler you know exactly what I am feeling.
I have to remind myself to look at the bigger picture and for what I am sacrificing the part I like the most in my life. It might give me the option to focus on other things I always wanted to take up and do, explore a bit more of the close surroundings, seeing friends more frequently. All the little things I have not paid attention to in the past simply because I was content with everything I had and there was no need to change.
Now you might wonder why I give something up I love so much (even if it is just for a short period of time) and what made me so happy, for something that will tie me down and burden responsibility on to me.
As you know, we are not getting younger and looking a bit ahead into the future it made me realise, that at one point I will no longer be able to work and travel, I will need to have the finance for my travels without working, simply because I might not be able to work anymore one day. So I am starting now to make the required preparation to avoid this in my later life.
No one will know what will happen in the future and it is possible that there will be things happening in my future that change everything I am planning.
I will still post from time to time, but more random things from my life and maybe I have the odd trip here and there but not as frequently as in the past. I thought I just put it out there, that a life without traveling is simply not the best I can imagine.
I am so excited already when the times comes for me again to plan my next trip around this time next year. With this said Happy Travels everyone!
