Holiday

There is a real benefit to holidays - you escape routine, you escape demands and most of all, you escape yourself. You become someone open to adventure, open to 'laziness', and a little more focused on the moment.

It can be one night, it can be a week. It can be overseas, seeing the world or down the road, looking at your hometown with new eyes.

It can cost a lot, or nothing at all.

Terry Pratchett sums it up perfectly  "Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving”
So dust off your ideas - house swap, camp, look for specials and fly. There is a world out there screaming for your attention, and offering you a new lease on life.

I for one, need little encouragement.

Linking up with #PracticalMondays

And if you're looking for ideas, here's some of my FAVS (yes, yes, gratuitous promotion of my travel blog - but the pictures are so pretty):
Maldives: http://holidazeandhellidaze.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/the-honeymoon-is-over-otherwise-known.html

Singapore: http://holidazeandhellidaze.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/its-singapore-but-not-as-we-know-it.html

Siem Reap: http://holidazeandhellidaze.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/responsible-tourism-what-siem-reap.html

Blue Mountains: http://holidazeandhellidaze.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/overnight-adventures-majestic-beauty.html

Hunter Valley: http://holidazeandhellidaze.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/the-hunter-valley-perfect-for-gourmet.html

Sydney: http://pandoraandmax.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/my-home-town-sydney.html

Daytrip to Ettalong by boat: http://holidazeandhellidaze.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/detour-day-trip-to-ettalong.html