Some friends of mine are on a tour of places down under right now. One of my former coworkers recently spent several months touring pretty much all of Asia. The Family Puzzoni has had a series of really outstanding vacations in the last year or two. Great vacations make great memories. I can't help but ask myself, why didn't I figure out how to do this years ago?
I think the answer is that I used to spend more money on crap that I didn't need. This was especially true when I was younger, buying electronic gadgets, DVD's and computer stuff pretty much at every opportunity. And really, I didn't make that much money to begin with, so why was I doing it? The best memories I have of my younger years are not of the crap I bought, it was the relatively few vacations I took.
Now, even though I could probably argue that I'm a "person of means," I've dialed back the crap lust (or at least action on that lust), and have become really focused on travel. I'm proud to say that we've included Simon on most of these trips, and he has been on 31 different flights before the age of 3. I'm not saying he'll be on every trip, but he has been on quite a few. Now that I have a passport in hand, I've opened my mind to a lot more.
We made a pact, somewhat out of necessity, to skip a big Christmas (I failed) because we were planning the surprise birthday cruise for my father-in-law, but I think it might end up being policy for the foreseeable future. Cars have to go six years, computers have to go three, phones go to contract length, etc. Save that money for vacations.
Great vacations are where it's at. That's where the stuff that matters happens.
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