I loved your post! I am stuck in a rut after the Covid years, so I have booked a flight to Johannesburg for a family get together for 2 weeks. But I have booked for 2 months! I am going to extend myself and visit old haunts in Zimbabwe and South Africa because at 75 years old I need to live with purpose and enthusiasm!
You are so right that holidays as a single person are difficult, and I find that travel alone has always been scary but fulfilling. I know this trip will be amazing, and thank you for your timely post!
Thanks for your post Sarah, interesting and thought provoking as always. I’m so sorry you didn’t get to do your full Mont Blanc hike. Maybe the lesson/growth is in letting go and being grateful for what surrounds us. A tough lesson nevertheless. The photos look incredible, I hope you had a glorious view from your sickbed.
I agree about holidaying vs travelling. Very hard to sit in a resort having dinner for one when couples and families surround you. It makes me feel almost embarrassed that I am on my own. Travelling solo on the other hand, I would imagine, is a challenge and a badge of honour that can be worn proudly. I’m coming out of a 32 year relationship and am looking forward to meeting that challenge. Thanks for the Pygmy Elephant tip.
On a separate note, have you read a book by Alison Wright called Learning to Breathe? I think she’d make a great guest for your podcast. Another A type mad hiker with an incredible story.
Sarah there is something about the TMB that tests personal resolve!! I did the walk five years ago and a few days before I started I found a breast lump but did the hike nonetheless with a sinking heart guessing what I was coming home to! I figured if I could finish the walk I could face the treatment and it proved to be the case! Enjoy the region it’s stunning!
This is perfect timing - thank you for sending. I'm leaving for my first European extravaganza since 2016. I'm equally looking forward to it and also worried about how I'll cope health wise. I'm trying not to let fear of getting sick overcome my excitement and joy and presence when I'm there. After all, people do get sick on 'holidays' and worrying about it won't stave this off.
PS - very much looking forward to hearing your thoughts on Roe v Wade. I'm so flabbergasted. I've been looking up #prolife posts on Instagram and reading straight from the 'other side' in an attempt to understand how this has happened because I'm so appalled.
Love your strength and resolve Sarah. Good things will come your way. Einstein once said 'Coincidence is just God's way of staying anonymous' Stay safe and happy travels X
It's an interesting point, travelling is discomfort while holidaying is taking it easy. I guess thats why lots of people (including myself) say that the most growth comes from travelling. I always become more open and part of life, the highs and lows allow for self-reflection to what actually matters to me.
I haven’t thought of travel that way but now I see. I do not ‘holiday’. The idea of wasting precious time lazing on a banana lounge in a resort doesn’t appeal to me. I love what travel brings, experiencing the places you visit with all its highs and lows, that’s what makes the trip memorable for me.
I completely agree with what you're saying about holidaying versus travelling. I never really looked at it that way but it's so true. I recently spent a week in Tasmania with my sisters and a few girlfriends hiking the Walls of Jerusalem. We camped and carried pretty heavy packs with all our food and shelter etc. It was hard, but I find myself wanting to go back next year to do another one!
I’ve just ‘travelled’ to the UAE to take an amazing opportunity that will reestablish and set my career on the right path. I’ve gone balls to the wall the first two weeks and now I’m literally bed ridden….the universes way of quietly putting me in my place!!! My children are in one country my husband in another and I sit here alone in a hotel room. Ordinarily this would undo me and I feel like this post came at the right time. I’ll go through the process as uncomfortable as it is and slow down and get back.
Yes! (Holidaying as a single person is very difficult, I think. Travel as a single person can be hard, too, but that’s what you sign up for (discomfort)...) I travelled solo to Dharamsala, India to volunteer with the Tibetan community living in exile. I ended up doing Graphic Design (my everyday job) at Norbulingka - an arts institute that His Holiness the Dalai Lama set up to preserve traditional Tibetan arts. I also got to live within the community and experience a taste of their life day to day. It is hands down the best trip I've ever done! I went there to escape from a major depression and it certainly did the trick! Talk about giving me perspective...
I searched the world for 'It' many years ago and sadly never found 'It'
Then I parked up for a few years and looked the other way, within.
Inside is where you are and always will be.
Unless you are at peace within, looking outwards is pointless.
Know thy self, Be thy self. Anything else is a fraud to yourself and others.
Travel will open your eyes to other cultures but they too are searching the same things
Who? Why? Where? When? Life is not chance, it's a purpose. Seek and learn.
When it's Time, be greatful of what was. The bigger picture is yet to come.
I now live with ease. In peace within. Knowing this ship in space will go on until the mission is sorted.
We were all born a blank canvas. In our early years others colour in big sections and we comply.
Then we spend the rest of live repainting that canvas to our tastes and likes.
But you will discover even those additions soon become tired.
The Road less travelled is a good start.
I loved your post! I am stuck in a rut after the Covid years, so I have booked a flight to Johannesburg for a family get together for 2 weeks. But I have booked for 2 months! I am going to extend myself and visit old haunts in Zimbabwe and South Africa because at 75 years old I need to live with purpose and enthusiasm!
You are so right that holidays as a single person are difficult, and I find that travel alone has always been scary but fulfilling. I know this trip will be amazing, and thank you for your timely post!
Thanks for your post Sarah, interesting and thought provoking as always. I’m so sorry you didn’t get to do your full Mont Blanc hike. Maybe the lesson/growth is in letting go and being grateful for what surrounds us. A tough lesson nevertheless. The photos look incredible, I hope you had a glorious view from your sickbed.
I agree about holidaying vs travelling. Very hard to sit in a resort having dinner for one when couples and families surround you. It makes me feel almost embarrassed that I am on my own. Travelling solo on the other hand, I would imagine, is a challenge and a badge of honour that can be worn proudly. I’m coming out of a 32 year relationship and am looking forward to meeting that challenge. Thanks for the Pygmy Elephant tip.
On a separate note, have you read a book by Alison Wright called Learning to Breathe? I think she’d make a great guest for your podcast. Another A type mad hiker with an incredible story.
Safe travels and hopefully NO MORE BUGS!
Sarah there is something about the TMB that tests personal resolve!! I did the walk five years ago and a few days before I started I found a breast lump but did the hike nonetheless with a sinking heart guessing what I was coming home to! I figured if I could finish the walk I could face the treatment and it proved to be the case! Enjoy the region it’s stunning!
Wow. And here I am stressing about flying home for the first time in 2.5 years... perspective. Thank you
This is perfect timing - thank you for sending. I'm leaving for my first European extravaganza since 2016. I'm equally looking forward to it and also worried about how I'll cope health wise. I'm trying not to let fear of getting sick overcome my excitement and joy and presence when I'm there. After all, people do get sick on 'holidays' and worrying about it won't stave this off.
PS - very much looking forward to hearing your thoughts on Roe v Wade. I'm so flabbergasted. I've been looking up #prolife posts on Instagram and reading straight from the 'other side' in an attempt to understand how this has happened because I'm so appalled.
Holidaying is comfort. Travel is discomfort… that you do in order to rise again.
I absolutely love this❤️
After a painful separation from my still husband, the itch is there…but too many fears re running away, the return, blocking out the emotions.
But you’ve nailed it Sarah because what I really want and need is to feel the discomfort…and rise again. Thanks for your inspiration as always🙏
Love your strength and resolve Sarah. Good things will come your way. Einstein once said 'Coincidence is just God's way of staying anonymous' Stay safe and happy travels X
It's an interesting point, travelling is discomfort while holidaying is taking it easy. I guess thats why lots of people (including myself) say that the most growth comes from travelling. I always become more open and part of life, the highs and lows allow for self-reflection to what actually matters to me.
I haven’t thought of travel that way but now I see. I do not ‘holiday’. The idea of wasting precious time lazing on a banana lounge in a resort doesn’t appeal to me. I love what travel brings, experiencing the places you visit with all its highs and lows, that’s what makes the trip memorable for me.
Beautiful photo! Nature is so calming. Yes, we all must grow because when we grow we live. Safe travels
I completely agree with what you're saying about holidaying versus travelling. I never really looked at it that way but it's so true. I recently spent a week in Tasmania with my sisters and a few girlfriends hiking the Walls of Jerusalem. We camped and carried pretty heavy packs with all our food and shelter etc. It was hard, but I find myself wanting to go back next year to do another one!
I’ve just ‘travelled’ to the UAE to take an amazing opportunity that will reestablish and set my career on the right path. I’ve gone balls to the wall the first two weeks and now I’m literally bed ridden….the universes way of quietly putting me in my place!!! My children are in one country my husband in another and I sit here alone in a hotel room. Ordinarily this would undo me and I feel like this post came at the right time. I’ll go through the process as uncomfortable as it is and slow down and get back.
Yes! (Holidaying as a single person is very difficult, I think. Travel as a single person can be hard, too, but that’s what you sign up for (discomfort)...) I travelled solo to Dharamsala, India to volunteer with the Tibetan community living in exile. I ended up doing Graphic Design (my everyday job) at Norbulingka - an arts institute that His Holiness the Dalai Lama set up to preserve traditional Tibetan arts. I also got to live within the community and experience a taste of their life day to day. It is hands down the best trip I've ever done! I went there to escape from a major depression and it certainly did the trick! Talk about giving me perspective...