We all love watching travel and lifestyle shows. We love reading blogs where people travel to different places everyday. We dream about the time we can drop everything – school, work, you name it – and travel the world. But with all the responsibilities we have, and continue to pile up, it is unlikely that we will find the right time.
In the past we always said that one day we will travel. After high school. After university. After our kids are grown-up (yes, we think years ahead). Traveling to different parts of the world was this goal that kept getting pushed back.
Then one day we were talking to a friend and she asked us the thing we would do if we can doย anything. One of the things we came up with was to travel the world. That conversation was short but sweet; once again we are thinking about traveling.
It got us thinking about our passions and following our dreams, while still holding on to the realities of daily life. We decided that we are going to make it work. On January almost three years ago, we whipped up the school calendar and circled the days that are available. It turns out there were many. It won’t be easy to go and travel, but because we love it so much, we decided we would give it a go.
We do a lot of things. We work twenty hours a week, take five classes, are involved in clubs and volunteer organizations. Some people ask us: how do you find the time?
Well, we have only 24 hours in a day, just like everybody else. We know what we are passionate about and we manage our time in a way that will allow us to travel. Sometimes we arrive home just a few hours before we had to go to do something, but we still manage to do well in our school and work (it helps to sleep in the plane).
If you, like us, have a lot of different things going on but would still like to travel, we only have one advice for you: try it. Print out your schedule and circle the dates you may be available. Your plans are going to change, it always does, but just knowing that there is a window of five days here, a week there, is enough.
Here is an example. One day you will look at your schedule and find out that you have five free days the next week; you check and book a last-minute flight deal somewhere, pack your bags, go and have a little mini-adventure in the middle of your responsibilities.
Alysta Lim & Athena Lim
Being a beginner in blogging and ex-corporate life enthusiast, I am glad to see there are others who have started similar journeys with the same reasoning in mind and living their dreams. Thanks for sharing ๐
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Wonderful post. Thank you.
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Glad you like it ๐
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Some of the best advice I ever received was to take advantage and travel while you’re young ..don’t put it off. As I look back on it, I can’t believe how much it has enriched my everyday experience and continues to give insight and joy into my days years, even decades later. Props for passing on such great advice!
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I agree, it’s good to travel when we’re still young. Thank you for commenting and sharing your thoughts!
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There is a lot of good advice for those who need to break free from the perceived constraints of the working world. Great post!
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Thanks, glad you like it!
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You are off to a wonderful start. Forty plus years ago, we chose demanding careers It was our choice. But we also sought/negotiated lots of vacation time after often working 60 or more-hour weeks. Then we travelled, and soon learned a two-week vacation was ten times better than one week, not twice as good. I’m not sure we wouldn’t make the same choices again, but reading others’ blogs, it is clear you also have options to make travel part of your careers.
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Yes, we definitely will make travel part of our careers. It’s our passion in life and we won’t give it up for anything! Thanks for sharing, it’s always great to hear about other people’s thoughts ๐
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