If Covid and lockdowns have proven anything, its that not all human minds are not built to enjoy repetitiveness and drudgery. I can only assume those who crave the comfort of that office environment where Susan brings in the birthday buns and Toby tells the weekend gossip around the canteen table, are soothed by the constant lack of tumult in the organisation of their lives. Wake - Commute - Work - Commute - Prepare - Sleep. Are they the lucky ones? Perhaps. They are oblivious to the metronome of lost opportunity, of so much to see and so little time to with which to see it.
Then there are the Workationers. Those who have said to themselves 'No More'. No more trudging commute, no more cubicles, no more buses, trains and highways. No more bad coffee, no more gridlock, no more staring at the 'still to be finished' back garden paradise. They target release from the mundane and discipline themselves to the pursuit of new experiences, new friends and new adventures.
Be honest, who wouldn't want to look out on the beach in Koh Phi Phi rather than a block of flats. Who wouldn't want to go for a stroll along the crescent beach at lunchtime with a pineapple rather than add boiling water to the Pot Noodle in the cafeteria? Who wouldn't want to know that a new trip and excursion awaits every evening? That new acquaintances await on those trips? That an experience they haven't had before lies at the setting of every sun?
Workations are the new way of travel opportunity. They need to be planned and paid for like anything else but they escape the monotony of repeat views, they encourage the spirt, they perk the mind and attract the zest for life we all search for. Yes we all dream of globetrotting freedom, where the beach cocktails are free and the ocean views aplenty., nthing but the palm trees at our rear and the golden sand under our feet. Beautiful traditional music in the background and sun kissed mountains full of nature. Realistically this will not happen for most people. There are always commitments, always bills to pay and expectations assumed. Workations give people the freedom to explore while they earn, experience living in a different part of the world full in the knowledge they will return to the fold.
It is precisely the realisation that the moment is fleeting in the overall scheme of things, that the situation is finite and will ultimately end, drives the enjoyment of the occasion and encourages the seeking out of an adventure to enhance and stimulate the mind and body.
There are many way to do this and hopefully you will come on this exploration with me.
Lets go!
PP
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