I loathe flying. (and really, who enjoys it anyway?) Whether you turn left or right in that plane makes no difference. You are still stuffed into a metal can with a ton of other humans for 1-18 hours.
Daniel Pink offers his best travel tips which you can read here, and are really helpful. Reading through his list makes me homesick for travel. The airplane food and screaming babies don't seem so horrendous as I sit at my desk and file through job ads.
Travel teaches.
Korea taught me that if I'm ever going to be a teacher, it won't be in a high school.
China taught me to appreciate personal space.
Americans are actually really, really, really nice.
British food isn't bad at all - just well developed for cold rainy days.
Toulouse, France is the coolest town on Earth, and I want to learn more French.
Travel taught me that I can learn anything, anywhere. As I sit here at my too white desk on a rainy Monday Morning, longing for low drum of Seoul traffic, I am reminded to be creative and stick to my goals. What keeps you motivated?
Have you ever had writer's block? It's an odd feeling. You know your brain is working, it's trying to pump something out, and yet you've spent the last 45 minutes staring at your coworker and they're looking a little worried.
I am an Extrovert - strong emphasis on the "Extro". My brain often has trouble catching up to my mouth. Being unable to push ideas outward is a strange and scary occurrence for extroverts. Luckily, it doesn't come often.
When I was in Grade 6, we had to write a 5 sentence story about a dinosaur. The exercise was to teach kids to be concise. I drew a blank. My very creative art teacher noticed, and gave me a photo to stare at. It was a tulip. I remember nothing except thinking "tulips smell weird". According to Ms. Twiss, the point was to "make your brain have a picnic." - I will say now that this seemed totally reasonable to my 10 year old self.
Tulips = brain picnic. Got it. .... 17 years later, it means this:
We all need a break - a moment of still to let our own ideas and creativity break through. A moment to just brainstorm the impossible. Therefore, my offering:
Enjoy your brain picnic.
