The No Excuses Project: Traveling the world
June 2, 2010 by Juliet Chase
Filed under No Excuses Project
It seems like big trips to new places are one of the most common sinkholes of excuses. You got the idea into your head that it would be fun to see the castles on the Rhine in person and then suddenly it’s ten years later and you still think it would be fun but you haven’t done anything more about it. I know that’s true for me and while I’ve managed some of the trips I’ve wanted to undertake, some others have been hanging on the list a little longer than I would like – who knows what adventures I’ve missed by spending more time with the excuses than planning the trip.
Here are the ones I know I’ve used in this arena:
- I can’t afford it – self-explanatory but it’s still an excuse
- Help will not be available – I’ll have to pay full price AND get stuck in a foreign country
- It’s too big (there’s a lot to plan and coordinate)
- I’m scared
- I have too many other projects
- The timing isn’t right (this will be so much easier next year…)
- I don’t know what to do (where to start, where to go?)
- It will require too much risk (safe is boring but…)
- I don’t have any experience (yes, that is the point but it’s also scary)
- I’ll compromise because I’m not confident enough to fully commit (such as going someplace where I won’t have to face driving on the left…)
That’s quite a list of powerful excuses – but they are standing in the way of fabulous adventures.
Next week: what I’m planning to do about getting more travel in on a regular basis
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Holding Myself Accountable
- Garden: Mother Nature has been conspiring against me lately but I’m on track with my committments
- Photography: Behind this week a little
- Jewelry: Definitely behind and will be the focus of this coming weekend to catch up
- Treasure hunting – the weather did not cooperate so there’s been a slight postponement
- Family and friends – doing ok
- Romance – releasing my inner Frenchness which I’d been misidentifying as flaws
- Chores – making progress, not completely there yet but progress
- Losing weight – getting more exercise and refining the diet this week
