Change My Life and Going On Vacation

I have written about this before. Vacation is a great time to try on changes that you would like to make in your life. I’m on vacation right now and I am trying on some ways to change my life. What do I mean?

One of my changes is trying to be more organized. Now you might think that during a vacation is a terrible time to become more organized and I would normally agree with you.

Vacation is a time to live out of a suitcase or backpack. You wind up with your toothbrush net to your dirty underwear, but that’s OK, ‘cause you are on vacation!

The thing is, it is a good time to become more organized.

You see, when you are out of your normal life, be it vacation, business trip, whatever, you have the chance to pretend, to try on, to be someone else.

What if you wanted to be more assertive? Go on vacation and you can start up conversations with strangers, complain when not given your right order in a restaurant, ask for upgrades, whatever you want. Those people don’t know that you are usually a wuss! If they think you are a jerk because you stood up for yourself, so what, they will never see you again.

Now is the time for me to be a little ore anal about folding my clothes or insisting that things be put away. Sure, my wife knows I am acting out of character, but do you think she will complain when I don’t leave my stuff lying around?

Try it out! Next time you are on a trip, for whatever reason, change something. Become a slightly different person. Don’t try to change really big stuff! It will be too outside who you are and hard to keep up. If it is something small, say smiling at everyone you meet, then it can be easy.

When we are children, we love to pretend to be different things. We can be a cowboy or a super-hero. We can be boisterous or a villain.

As we get older, we start to think that we have to fit some sort of mold. Instead, we find ourselves getting moldy! Now is the time to try out a new persona. Whip out the tights and cape and become the person you desire to be!