If you ask me about my least favorite country, I’ll have a hard time coming up with an answer. I’m a firm believer that a positive travel experience has almost nothing to do with the actual destination and has almost everything to do with our mindset and approach to travel.
As a result, I look forward to every country I visit and no matter what happens, try my hardest to view my experiences in a positive light.
After all, my 20+ years of travel has taught me there’s always something to be gained or learned or appreciated. Even the shortest of cross-cultural interactions or a 4 second window to view the absolutely gorgeous landscape in between intense rain showers should bring us joy, not disappointment.
For me, it’s straightforward to treat my travel experiences in such a way. But what about these days?
The past few months have been trying, as they have been for so many people. Frustration, disappointment and worry has crept into daily life, making it much harder for me to always find the positive side of things.
Yes, I still work hard to maintain a positive outlook. But what is required to keep my mind and body sufficiently fit to take on today’s unique challenges and still push forward, is increasing more and more each week. Again, as it is for a large number of other people as well.
How do we handle it? How do we keep on singing ‘everything's gonna be alright’ when the situation drags on and on and on?
It turns out that the ability to always believe things will be alright and find that bright side does not come so easily when life lacks some sense of security and some degree of certainty.
It all becomes a tad bit tricky I must say, like finding my sock that Matcha (my rescue kitten) stole the other day. I'm sure it's somewhere but I don't have a clue where to begin looking.
If you have any tips based on your own experiences handling today’s current frustrations, please do share.
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In other news, I did find a shop that sells fresh, and very tasty, figs. I consider that a huge win.
