Too often I’ve poked fun at Ellie’s assessment of the week we spent in Paris in 2014. All she claimed to remember was an afternoon at Luxembourg Park.
After just returning from a week in Michigan visiting family and friends…I now think I understand what Ellie was expressing about not just Paris, but traveling in general.
Unlike at home, when traveling there seems to be an obsession about two things:
- What we may have missed
- What are we doing next
Ellie was hyper focused in the present at that amazing park. Not what we missed or needed next…the present moment was being ‘lived fully’!
At home there doesn’t appear to be any major pressure to find these ‘moments’ like there is in a week long stay away from home.
Do you have any ideas or advice for travelers on living in the moment, not looking constantly behind and ahead?