Planning a holiday? Plus, some thoughts on perspective…
One of my favourite weekly (if not daily!) reads is Icing by Gala Darling. She writes beautifully and has a unique voice that entices me back to her site again and again.
This week, Gala has put together a wonderfully comprehensive post on ‘How to Have the Best Holiday Ever’
It is a fabulous read for all champagne travellers and there are lots of points I couldn’t agree with more, such as:
- Allow yourself to be swept away
- Learn some local phrases
I would also add:
- Decide to have the time of your life.
This would tie in with the idea of allowing yourself to be swept away.
So many unexpected things can happen when you’re travelling but how we respond to these situations has little to do with the circumstances themselves and more to do with our perspective towards them.
Bus broken down on the way to your next destination? Stuck on the side of the road for 6 hours with a bunch of strangers? This could be a fantastic opportunity to make some amazing friends, hear tales from around the world and have a hilarious story to tell everyone back home. This same situation could also have you complaining and grumbling for the next 6 hours on how this would never happen where you come from or something as equally painful for everyone around you.
And the wonderful thing about perspective? We are each completely in control of it and we have the daily choice of what our perspective will be. Some of the most interesting and inspiring people that I have met whilst travelling (and in life in general) are people that have an amazingly positive perspective. They are a dream to travel & ‘do life’ with.
Decide in advance to have a fabulous holiday and chances are you will!
What tips would you add? Would love to hear from you in the comments…
