Taking the risk

Why take a trip 5hrs away from home by plane to a foregin country alone? Well the answer is fairly simple for me. I am single, I do not like waiting on people sometime, and I really needed a break when I decided last minute to book the trip. Often when trying to plan a trip you have to make sure everyone schedules mesh and are willing to take the trip. I am bad at planning at times, when I decided to take this trip it was not a lot of planning that took place I knew I wanted and needed a break from life and all that it entails. Funny thing when I requested my vacation time off away from work I scheduled it for the weekend of a good friends wedding. Before finalizing the trip I later realized oh snapped I can't go that weekend that's Mike's and Pam's wedding weekend. After making the changes to my vacation dates I booked my trip, from there on I was in count down mode. 

Once at the resort I was happy and excited to be away from all the hustle and grind of life. My plan was to do absolutely nothing except eat, sleep, lay on the beach, read a book, and meet new people. I accomplished all of my goals. The beauty of traveling alone is that it forces you to speak to people and meet them. When traveling alone you will notice that pretty much everyone is with someone and very few people are by themselves. I am around people so much that I found it very refreshing being so far away from home where I did not know anyone. I have so many great friends but for the second time in consecutive years I have taken solo trips to a place many miles away. I guess it comes from me feeling like I have the ability to adapt to any normal environment fairly quickly. What I have learned is that I dislike waiting on people to make up their minds if they want to take a trip and all the back and forth that goes along with it. I am the type of person that once my mind is made up I am all in when I want to do something like taking a trip or a break from life. My advice to you if you are single and not in a situation where you feel like you have to take someone with you is to just do it. Take the trip, explore, do not be afraid, you will be surprised how much fun you will have. Also it is good to spend some quality time with yourself, it gives you time to really breath, recharge, rest, and recover. I love documenting my life as many of you know, sharing these moments with you gives them more life. Often we just do things in life and move on to the next thing, and the next thing. Take the time to write about some of your experiences, share them in a blog, picture collage, or on one of your social media outlets. I challenge you to take a break from life, trust me you will not miss much, the work you feel like you can not catch up on will most likely still be there when you return, the training or fitness you feel like you can't put on hold will still be there after the next training session ends. Each time I take a break from something I feel like I need I realize I did not need it that much, but taking a break allows you to see how much you miss it or love it. Keep being amazing wherever you are. GB