QUIT YOUR JOB<\/strong> It isn\u2019t exactly about just quitting your job. It\u2019s about getting unstuck. If you\u2019re not happy, what are you waiting for? Quit following the path that is unfulfilled and consider doing something else. The time is Now. For most of us, this is the hardest part of changing your life. Making that first step. You have two choices in life: the path of least resistance, or the path you can\u2019t resist. I say, \u201cWhy resist?\u201d. Quit. Go. Now.<\/p>\n BUY A TICKET<\/strong> The world is a big place and there\u2019s a million dreams we\u2019ve all had, most of which will go unrealized, unfortunately. Buying a ticket means finding a destination where you think improvement can be made and pointing yourself in that direction. The great thing about travel is when we get somewhere new our lives usually appear different to us when we look back into them from the outside. I\u2019ve always thought that as a society we don\u2019t spend enough time vacationing. We spend 50 weeks a year working for the goal of taking 2 weeks off. There\u2019s an obvious problem with this equation. But even one day off, if lived correctly, can be a major return on a small investment. The ticket doesn\u2019t cost that much in the scope of life.<\/p>\n GET A TAN<\/strong> It\u2019s not about the tan. It\u2019s about letting yourself go, to really learn to relax and become a \u201clocal\u201d in your new environment. I\u2019ve found through extensive island travels that it takes a considerable amount of time to become \u201cunstuck\u201d and become a \u201clocal\u201d. Our day-to-day jobs, efforts, trials and tribulations build up a lot of scar tissue and we put up a lot of barriers in dealing with them. This makes seeing the good things hard sometimes. It takes nearly a month to truly decompress. Another month to become yourself again \u2013 and by yourself I mean that person who was once full of ideals and dreams that has been slowly silenced by the monotony of life that changes us and puts us off course. And it takes another month just to become indoctrinated in becoming a \u201clocal\u201d in whatever new environment you are in. The locals know the roads, the hideaways, the places that make you smile. They are freer than us. So yeah, I guess I\u2019m saying that to really \u201cget a tan\u201d, and not just a \u201ctourist tan\u201d, you need to be somewhere 3 months. We\u2019ve seen them on vacation \u2013 those dark-skinned, ex-patriated locals that make us jealous. Their tans are different than ours. Well \u2026 so are their minds, too.<\/p>\n FALL IN LOVE<\/strong> I think this is a testament to becoming yourself again. It doesn\u2019t necessarily mean \u201cfinally finding that perfect person that only exists in faraway fantasy locales\u201d, but by returning to the state of mind that allows you to be open to falling in love. In love with where you are, who you are, and in love with the potential of your future. This love is what allows great things to happen again. And it usually isn\u2019t dependent on anyone other than ourselves to achieve.<\/p>\n NEVER RETURN<\/strong> The best ending to being reborn. Don\u2019t go back to the past, keep moving forward. Life can be as great as we want to make it, so never move backward. The past makes up who we are. No matter how great, or how bad some events have shaped us, it\u2019s what we\u2019re left with today that we have to work with. This is where true growth happens in our life. By moving forward, building upon the past, seeking greatness in the future. Never returning.<\/p>\n
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