My friend texted me: “How’d you plan out your trip when you first started? I’m struggling to plan mine rn”
I responded:
- Pick a couple things/events/situations spaced out across your travel time
Lock these events in as best as possible. Ideally they’re spread out in time: at the beginning, middle, and end of your trip.
Example: You know when you get to Spain you want to go to an EDM festival there. A few months later, you make a plan to meet your friend in Turkey. Maybe a few months after that, you have a workaway gig on a farm in Scotland.
2. Pick places to go in between these set events. What do you want to do? Want to learn? What language do you want to speak (or attempt to speak)? How much are you willing to spend? All questions to consider.
Example: Do you want to stay in Spain for a month after that festival you went to? Or do you want to go East and hop from one Balkan country to the next? The Balkans are a bit cheaper than Spain (depending where you go), but perhaps you want to practice your Spanish while in Spain. The journey is up to you.
At the end of the day your trip will work out (even if your plans don’t). Or, you learn what you don’t like so much. Despite it being miserable at the time, the best stories usually come from the latter.
-Michael
Update: This friend of mine is currently in Australia. Surfing, swimming, and living life
Michael, The Experiment 