Between weekend friends
Do you find that when you plan a trip with your friends well in advance, it doesn't happen? Maybe the trip happens, but so many expectations are generated that it is difficult to meet them.
On a trip I made to Mexico for a training, I remember that a friend gave me an itinerary of places, meals, even the order in which we should fulfill it. That weekend we fulfilled the itinerary without skipping anything, although there were some things that were not much of my interest, leaving out other things I wanted to do to fulfill the list.
Imagine making a trip for enjoyment and not enjoying it because most of the time you are checking if the plan is fulfilled without giving room for spontaneity, improvisation that connects with the lightness of being in tune with what is happening.
Today my trips are lighter, I am much more connected to live moments where I let myself be surprised, guided, get to know. I have learned to enjoy having more openness to the new or unplanned, where I can adapt to the changes that arise along the way, whether they are good or not; in the end, it's all part of the journey.
A break from work to connect with the beauty, the magic, the colors, the simplicity and the depth of nature.
Unlike having to follow an agenda to the letter, the feeling of freedom of choice is unparalleled. Some people may find the uncertainty of going without plans very uncomfortable, but for me, walking this way will guarantee that I will have a much better time, since I decide what I want to do to live more consciously my experience in that destination.
They tell you the day before, pack a bathing suit, we are going to Cartagena! And I said: Yes, in the best style of when I was 20 years old, without complications, without stress, without poses; know the destination and let the rest be built according to our feelings and thus, flow in this journey of accumulating beautiful memories.
And that's how I decided two days before to go to Cartagena, a weekend which was GREAT! What made it great? Although I went with a beach plan with my friends, we just admired it from the Walled City, walked around the city, tasted the delicious local food, but above all we laughed because we were with lightness being where the moment took us.
What a great plan to go without a plan! Life is something else, when it comes to enjoying a Friday, Saturday and Sunday trip with friends, lowering the intensity of work and flowing!
I was talking with my friends about these moments I had that weekend about happiness and I told them that "it's like the statuses on social networks on cell phones" they are moments that we create, and it's usually in the simplicity of enjoyment. What do you think? I liked it.
Good trip, good company, good scenery, lots of laughter, some minds focused on enjoyment usually getting this good result, with just a Dora the explorer style statement, let's do it!!!!
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