It’s 7th January and I’m perplexed. I know we’re not that far into the New Year yet, so I could technically allow myself a bit of a grace period before the inevitable “what are my goals for this year?” panic sets in. But I can’t help feeling the horrible sinking feeling that I feel when I haven’t got my next adventure booked. It isn’t through lack of research, dreaming and generally browsing the internet. It’s more the uncertainty I feel about my future. You see the company I work for is merging with a much larger multinational organisation and despite the best pleas of our manager we can’t help but feel a slight sense of impending doom. This also leaves me with a travel dilemma. If the worst should happen and I should get made redundant in the merger I would like to take some out to travel for a longer period than I have done before. Hey, I may even get a bit of a payout which could help towards my budget. But if my job is safe for at least the foreseeable future I will have to consider booking a few shorter trips this year and then taking it from there.
And this is where my general befuddlement starts. I’m one of those people who want to do everything now, as soon as possible, and that includes booking a trip as soon as the inspiration for it has taken root in my mind. But because of the job situation I have to sit tight and wait. This I do not do well. It’s making me nervous. And the more I think about the travels I want to take, the more nervous and antsy I become. I have seriously itchy feet and the lovely people at Lonely Planet, Wanderlust and the tweeps on Twitter are not making this any easier for me.
So for the moment I will just have to keep living vicariously through them until the announcement is made (hopefully in a couple of months) and I will keep you posted. Keep your fingers crossed for me, whatever the outcome is!
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