Dreaming of a holiday? ✈️🏖

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Let’s talk holidays. ✈️ 🌎 🏖🍹

We all want to be on one.

Fun fact - Paul and I are currently in Japan and I’m writing this newsletter as we travel between Tokyo and Kyoto on the Shinkasen. #lifegetstobefun

So if we all want to be on holiday or we are secretly hoping to be a digital nomad or a travel blogger - what’s stopping us?

Often it’s just life. There are so many reasons why we can’t book that holiday.

😩 It's not the right time
😩 It’s too expensive
😩 I need to spend the money on x,y, z
😩 I can’t get the time off
😩 It’s a busy time at work

This is the thing with holidays.

They don’t just happen. 🤷‍♀️

Well, they do - it’s called public holidays and office shutdown periods.

After that though, it’s up to you.

& that’s when it gets hard because our dreams and imagination clash with our reality. Logic and our bank account take over and we continue with the weekly grind. 😭

So here is how I have broken this cycle for me, and now for us;

HACK 1

Book ahead. Usually 6 months or even 12 months ahead for the longer trips. 👩‍💻 📆

I decide where I want to go, book the plane tickets and pay them off. Then I book the accommodation and pay that off.

Then when life gets hectic, work gets stressful, I don’t have to make travel decisions in this mindset. I don’t have to make a holiday ‘fit’ into my existing calendar. It’s already done for me.

HACK 2

When you are away, decide where you want to go next and book that while you are still away. It’s a great way to be in the right mindset to decide what type of holiday you want. You don’t need to book anything, even just deciding where and when is enough and then when you get home you can book it all in. 🗺 🌎

We last came to Japan in 2017. We thought we would be back in 3 years. Life got busy. The pandemic hit. It’s 6 years later but we are here. 💖