Good morning friends and fellow travelers!
This email will be a slight break from the past few weeks’ ordinary.
I feel desperate to publish the article I committed about how I think about my finances (the twin to my most recent post). Still, I need to be honest with you and myself that I planned my week poorly.
I’m currently writing this in the middle of an overly ambitious 9-day trip to Cebu where I thought I could (1) explore all of Cebu and (2) attend my first Sinulog Festival while (3) keeping up my daily writing and exercise routine and (4) sleeping 8 hours a night.
. . . And without taking any leaves from my full-time job at Growsari.
It would be easy for me to blame our broken bus, our canceled RoRo schedule, or the heavy rainfall on Bantayan. Still, my plan from the beginning was wishful high falutin thinking. I disobeyed what I was preaching last week and tried to do everything; I did not have any priorities. Lesson learned.
I want to turn this shortcoming into an opportunity because I’m curious about you.
What do you have in mind for 2023 travel life? Have my writings over the past few weeks sparked any travel goals? Can I help you out?
In my case, I’m committed to visiting all 81 provinces before the year ends. I’ve already seen 45, so that means 35 left: 17 in Mindanao, 9 in North Luzon, 3 in South Luzon, and six scattered around Visayas. I’m considering categorizing these into six big trips I’ve already begun scheduling on my calendar. Money and logistics are what I have yet to think about.
So there! How about you?
You can reply to this email or reach me on IG! I’d love to chat about your travels.
Until next week,
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