My girlfriends have nicknamed me the cruise director, because I’ve been known to drag people 13 miles through the streets of Rome in a whirlwind one-day trip… while 6 months pregnant.
Once some friends and I had 24 hours in Washington D.C. and in that time we hit all the biggies—several Smithsonians, a walking tour of the monuments at the Mall, private tour of the Capitol building…you get the idea.
And as far as Disneyworld goes…let’s just say I can plan your trip in my sleep, cram in everything in you want to do, the best times to do it, how to save time in line and where you simply must eat—and avoid– while you’re there.
My philosophy used to be, “if you don’t come home tired from vacation, you did it wrong.”
So naturally, with my theme this year of Ease and Flow, it was important that this trip be different. Of course, I got travel books to Hawaii, researched the must do’s online…and started planning out our days.
“Ooh! Let’s do a zipline in Maui!” I told my husband one afternoon. He cocked his eyebrow at me and said, “Isn’t this vacation supposed to be relaxing?” I dismissed his comment due to his fear of heights and searched for good zipline reviews on Trip Advisor.
It wasn’t until I was talking to a good friend did I realize that I was defaulting back to my masculine energy of “go, Go, GO!” in regard to this trip. And though the “go” energy certainly has its place and value, in this case it was working against me. I wanted to experience feminine energy. I know I can rock it out in my masculine energy; can I still experience power letting my feminine lead?
Not only that, I realized I was booking activities in a bit of scarcity energy: what if I never get back to Hawaii? I need to do everything I possibly can in the time I have there, just in case this experience never comes again.
So, I pulled back from virtually everything. I did book tickets to Pearl Harbor so we can get a full tour of everything there, and I booked a private excursion to swim with the sea turtles; just Jeremy, me and the marine biologist. I have a list of “must do’s” from friends (like getting shaved ice from Matsumoto’s, hitting the swap meet on Saturday, and driving the road to Hana if we have a day we want to use that on in Maui), and we’ll see how much of it we do… if any of it at all.
But overall I’m just going to flow with this vacation. (See? See? I’m making progress already!) However, this could be the hardest thing I’ve done yet! I’ll keep you posted.
At least you can get back to Hawaii because it isn’t as far for you to go there. And, you can zip line many other places. So, ease and flow for this vacation.
I have always found those who have to rush though life, very aggravating. You miss life and all that it has to offer. Rushing also is very poor way of honoring your body and listening to it when it says to rest. In the 70.s women were told to work outside the home, (ignore the kids) then go out for dinner and dancing that evening. If you find you cannot handle this schedule there must be something wrong with your thinking. I am glad you have seen the light! Jane Reid
You know that’s right! It was amazing to see what experiences came to us as I let go of that push and cram everything in energy.
I found that it is so much more enjoyable to stay in the present and let things unfold as they will. What a relief to have seen the light!