Quo Vadis

Quo Vadis – Where are you going?

Let’s say you want to take a holiday and you have no idea where to go. Maybe you’ll talk to friends to see if they have any suggestions, you might watch travel programmes on the TV. You may take some professional advice from travel agents. You could be influenced by articles you’ve read or films you’ve seen. You might recall previous holidays or times that you’ve heard about particular locations. You could be influenced by a particular hobby or interest and use that as your starting point. You might be tempted to “boldly go where no man has gone before” or you may wish to take a fully inclusive package option to give you the comfort of knowing that everything has been decided for you and your chances of failing to have a good holiday are marginalised.

Whatever you decide the chances are that you will give it a fair amount of planning and consultation before parting with your hard earned cash. Once you’ve made a decision and paid your deposit there’s a certain amount of further research and planning to make sure that your holiday passes smoothly and to ensure you get the best from it. And when that day finally comes and you step on a plane or get in your car or board a ship or train you will probably feel pretty confident that you’re going to have a good time. You’ve packed your holiday clothes, sun tan lotion, guide books, camera etc. You’ve bought your foreign currency and remembered your credit cards. You cancelled the milk and the papers and you arranged for your neighbour to look after the cat.

But it doesn’t stop there. Whilst you’re away you’ll make decisions every day as to where you go, what you do, how you spend your money etc. You will typically try to ensure that you squeeze every last bit of pleasure possible from your precious two weeks away.

And when you come back you’ll reflect on how good a time you had. You’ll get out your photos, talk to your friends and colleagues. You’ll review whether you would return to the same destination and if so whether you would do anything differently. It may have inspired you to other things and you’ll take those thoughts into consideration for next time.

Doesn’t your future deserve at least a similar amount of care and attention?

Happy Monday

Mikey