How I Prepared Differently for This Trip

 

I mentioned in one of my earlier posts that I'm going through something. It just so happened that this trip is a blessing as it will help me think about what's going on and will help me see things from a new perspective. 

Before, when we would go on a trip, I would make a list and start packing. This time, I sat down with my journal first. I wrote some questions and answered each one of them.

I'm sharing them with you in case you want to use them for your next trip, too:

1. What do I want to feel during this trip?

2. What do I want to let go of while I'm away?

3. What memory do I want to create with my son?

4. How do I want to return—mentally, emotionally, physically?

5. What will I give myself permission to do... or not do?

6. If this trip could whisper something into my soul, what would I want it to say?

After I answered these questions, I was able to figure out the theme for this trip - 

Exhale and Let Go

After journaling, I proceeded to make my list of things to bring. I always put them into categories so that it would be easier for me to pack and put things together in pouches or packing cells. 

Our trip will be in 3 parts, so I packed 3 suitcases. Each suitcase has everything we need for the specific place we will go to.

2 New Additions to My Luggage

I added 2 new themed pouches for this trip that are very attuned to my Exhale and Let Go theme:

Exhale

This is my Exhale kit. It has lots of beauty products that I will be using daily to pamper myself with. With everything that's been going, I have been neglecting this very important part of my self-care. 

Why Exhale? When you get a massage or do a spa day at home, don't you exhale the moment your feet go into the foot spa soak or that first time the masseuse touches that part of your back that's aching? 

This is the same feeling. 

Let Go

I normally just bring my travel notebook with me, but since I made the Love, Ink, and Sakura Line of Weekly Planners, and I wanted to re-arrange my life, I decided to bring the full experience of journaling and planning. 

I turned my BYS laptop sleeve into my Journaling Kit

Here's what's inside the Rafe X Bench Kit. I've had this kit for over a decade!

I will talk more about these things in the following days. I will try to blog as much as I can, but for now, I need to wind down and try to sleep early. Tomorrow, I greet the pine trees again and look forward to getting kissed by the cool weather. 

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'Til my next post,

Stay soft. Stay strong. Stay Glowing.

LET'S GLOW.

With elegance and quiet fire, 

Lady E

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