I am trying to "Redeem the time" now that I have it. I dont want to look back on my life if I live to "grow up" and see a bunch of time and opportunity wasted.
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I am going to be better than I am today....(Phil 1:6)
I am trying to "Redeem the time" now that I have it. I dont want to look back on my life if I live to "grow up" and see a bunch of time and opportunity wasted.
That has become my mantra recently. You live once and there are many things that i don't want to look back and say that I wish I had done or I wish I had tried. I would be careful about international travel alone. The global climate is kind of touchy right now especially in some traditional tourist areas. I try to find things to do close by even when I'm unable to really get away. I recently got the revelation to treat my city like I was a tourist. I went to a hotel and got all the tourist info and all the ads and coupons and found all kinds of things I had never done.
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There are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, Chuck Norris lives in Houston.
Either the United States will destroy ignorance, or ignorance will destroy the United States. – W.E.B. DuBois
That has become my mantra recently. You live once and there are many things that i don't want to look back and say that I wish I had done or I wish I had tried. I would be careful about international travel alone. The global climate is kind of touchy right now especially in some traditional tourist areas. I try to find things to do close by even when I'm unable to really get away. I recently got the revelation to treat my city like I was a tourist. I went to a hotel and got all the tourist info and all the ads and coupons and found all kinds of things I had never done.
Thats a fun idea (treating your city like your on vacation).
I am kool with goin' to the carribean. I would "blend" so unless I am just running my mouth no one would know I wasnt a native.
Most of the time I am in the carribean we end up hookin' up with some local people (usually the person that drove us from the airport or ppl that work at the resort we are staying at) to get to experience the "non tourist-y" things in the area.
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I am going to be better than I am today....(Phil 1:6)
I have never enjoyed solo vacations. I like being with people and sharing experiences too much. I did travel solo several times- mainly business trips, but most of the time I was able to talk someone into going with me to share the experience.
Thats a fun idea (treating your city like your on vacation).
I am kool with goin' to the carribean. I would "blend" so unless I am just running my mouth no one would know I wasnt a native.
Most of the time I am in the carribean we end up hookin' up with some local people (usually the person that drove us from the airport or ppl that work at the resort we are staying at) to get to experience the "non tourist-y" things in the area.
I was amazed at how much there was to do that I was just not doing. We would go out of town to cities that were smaller and since we were thinking "touristy" we would have a full agenda and not even get to do half of it. It finally clicked that when tourists come here, they must have the same experience.
I feel you on blending in, but I would still caution that if you were travelling alone to a strange country you would need to be very careful. I personally would advise that if you do go overseas, that you go with someone. There are a lot of places here in the States that should be fine though.
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There are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, Chuck Norris lives in Houston.
Either the United States will destroy ignorance, or ignorance will destroy the United States. – W.E.B. DuBois
I feel you on blending in, but I would still caution that if you were travelling alone to a strange country you would need to be very careful. I personally would advise that if you do go overseas, that you go with someone. There are a lot of places here in the States that should be fine though.
Thank you for your concern/advise....although we have to be honest...there are places in Texas that I am at more of a risk than I am in Ocho Rios.
I haven't decided where I am headed yet, but I am pretty sure I want to be on a beach (as stated above I grew up in Michigan so it has never been "warm" at Christmas / New Years). Leaning more toward an island somewhere mainly cuz I have always completely enjoyed myself each time I've been to one.
If I stayed in the states for my solo vacation I would probably spend it in NYC. Although that's not the same as vacationing alone. I have a bunch of friends there. But I love NYC so its running a close 2nd place.
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I am going to be better than I am today....(Phil 1:6)
I have a friend that goes to South America a lot....but I am sure he goes to the cities and not where you are. From reading about you, you're kinda in the jungle right?
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I am going to be better than I am today....(Phil 1:6)
for quite awhile now i've wanted to take a few days off by myself and go someplace and just chill. someplace relatively close to me though, not far away what with the whole price of airfare and carbon footprint thingies. prob lake tahoe or big sur or some place like those. just read, watch clouds float by, sleep in...a general disengage from the rat race time. i'm very much introverted so i like solitude.
regarding vacations, I heard someone once say that when planning a vacation to try to plan a vacation according to a pace opposite of what you normally live. So, if you're constantly busy, busy, busy then plan a veg vacation like what i outlined above. If your life is pretty laid back then plan a a more high energy, frenetic vacation like Disneyworld or sky diving in the Grand Canyon or something like that.
I think some of it has to do with your temperament and personality too. Extroverted people can't stand to be alone. Introverts love it. Thus they gravitate toward different activities to 're-charge' their emotional batteries.
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"Most human beings are not able to stand the message of the shaking of foundations. They reject and attack the prophetic minds, not because they really disagree with them, but because they sense the truth of their words and cannot receive it." Paul Tillich
I am thinking about going on vacation solo the week between Christmas and New Years, and I was wondering if anyone out there has taken a solo vacation....where did you go? What did you do?
I probably won't do it cuz it's so out of character for me....but I am trying to try some "new things"....and waiting around for the people in my life to ever have the time or the money to vacation is starting to get on my nerves.
So if I get some good suggestions I might try.
I have never done it but I was thinking about it for Christmas...I think a visit to Clearwater Beach will help me get things into perspective. That is ever my "Happy Place".
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