Calm your mind and allow me to take you on a mental vacation with me. We are traveling to a small tropical island in the French Polynesia. Our items are all packed up for the next two weeks, in preparation for our relaxing getaway. The plane awaits our company at the airport. We are now on the plane, soaring 35 000 feet in the sky, above the clouds where we are as close to the sun as most of us will ever get. The flight goes so smoothly that we are able to rest, occasionally peering out the small window at the huge world. We have now landed in paradise, and the resort staff kindly welcome us as guests with fresh pressed local mango pineapple juice. When we look to the east, we see a very distant image of the coast in California, and to the west is australia. We are right in the middle of two populations carrying out their everyday routines of early morning work and school yet we are enjoying a break from reality. This is our home for the next two weeks, with no worries or responsibilities. It is time that we focus on ourselves. Whether the destination is near or far, by car or by plane, vacations are a great method to escape and relax the mind. Reality, although very important to understand, is difficult to manage every day, of every month, of every year. We often get carried away and forget how important it is to be mindful not only of others, but especially ourselves. We can choose to travel with friends if that is when we are most content and ourselves. We can travel by ourselves and do a mental reset if that is what you are in need of. I personally have found that without being able to travel due to restrictions, that I feel less relaxed and that I could use a four month long vacation at this point in time if only it were possible. Covid has had the effect that every day is a repetition of the last. In fact you are not alone if you have these thoughts, forty-six of the fifty people I surveyed about this question had said they agreed with that statement and I also do. Of course we can’t have any major excursions during the pandemic, but in case you are holding on to the hope of being able to get away for a vacation soon here are some things to help prepare:
Although traveling isn’t the solution to all of your problems, it still feels amazing to treat yourself with a break from reality and to sit back and enjoy the little things. At times we are so caught up in our worries we forget just how big the world is, and the opportunity that lies out there for grabs. Take a mental vacation.
Jenna J
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