Good Job I Enjoy Flying

From flying to driving a car to travelling by train to driving my boat in Spain – I love travelling. And good job too. I think I spend a quarter of my life in some form of transport.

It gives you time to think, to digest what you’ve been doing and how you’ve been performing as well as recollecting your goals and ambition. It’s a great process in my opinion, and it should be enjoyed with every part of you.

It’s not often I get time on my own to actually just ‘be’. Especially when I’m on the plane by myself jetting off to another country and I don’t really know what is in front of me, it gives me the time to prepare for what’s to come and tame the excitement.

The feeling of the unknown can be very nerve racking but I don’t think anyone should let that stop them. If you don’t explore and discover how will you ever grow? How will you ever know what’s outside your comforting box, your everyday lifestyle with the same people living in the same places?

One word to describe this unknown venture is freedom. You have no responsibilities except for you and what you would like to do, where you would like to go and who you decide to talk to. It’s an amazing feeling.

If I could become a famous travel writer I would be the happiest girl in the world. I have a passion for both aspects – writing and travelling – so the two combined would complete my life and serve my purpose. You learn so much about other cultures giving you an insight into the local people, their communication skills, way of life and general hardships and struggles. You also realise how lucky you are in certain areas and it really enhances the British way of life and how contrasting it stands in comparison to other countries like Africa.

Even Australia is a whole new world. I say it’s that far away for a reason. It has everything life has to offer and the best of it. From the lovely people, to an amazing accent, great food, the local english language, prestige beaches, top night-life, wonderful weather and the most important thing for someone of my age: an abundance of opportunities and heaps of hope for a prosperous future.

Travel, travel, travel as much as you can: it’s a whole big world out there, and it could change your life and be the making of you!

Not taking things for granted

Do you ever sit back and think about what it would be like to live with half the things you do now? For instance, without your phone, without a handful of good friends or even without a roof over your head. All of the world there are people living in poverty. There is no light at the end of the tunnel for them, or at least they think.

I want to change the world.

– Start with one act of random kindness a day and you will be on your road to achieving a positive change in the world.

Someone once said to me how it’s not about giving to get, and rightly so, but quite often in return for happiness and all round abundance we do need to offer a service – or in other words – give something back. The world seems to materialistically driven now and technology has certainly emphasised this rapid change in the new paradigm. More than likely you have seen people on the trains or walking down the street with a tunnel vision, oblivious of the world around them. They don’t stop for a moment to take everything in, nor half the time do they recognise the company in which they are serving and fail to take full account of it. Is this living? Are we forgetting what it feels like to actually feel and connect with people in the way that humanity should?

Most things seem to come to an end, and although it can be hard to accept it is something that is out of our control most of the time. This is where the point is raised to not take things for granted and appreciate what’s in front if you whilst it’s there. Embrace it, laugh until your stomach hurts, take pictures (after capturing the moment with your eyes) and surround yourself with the things and people you love.

We don’t always see even if we look.

In the news recently there has been so many disasters occurring all over the world, from the turmoil crisis in Ukraine to the sinking ship in Korea to the missing Malaysian plane.

Lives are being lost all over the world, unreasonably, breaking up families, tearing hearts and shattering what could have been abundant, happy futures. There is no justice for that, and so don’t you think we shouldn’t take for granted all the things that enable us to live a safe and comfortable life?

You never know what tomorrow may bring.