Set the intention to have a day on your holiday with no plan whatsoever, other than to follow your curiosity. If you are travelling with others, this could be done together.
- Begin by going for a walk, with no plan other than to wander aimlessly in a place you are not familiar with, giving yourself permission to follow wherever you feel like going in each moment. Resist any temptation to refer to your guidebook, map or phone.
- You will likely find your mind trying to make up a plan for the rest of the day, or you may feel fear creeping in about getting lost. Notice whatever is arising for you but stay with your intention: follow your curiosity.
- Allow yourself to wander as long as you want until you feel like stopping — perhaps at a café or a park — or doing something else, maybe to go and have a sleep or visit an interesting monument that caught your eye as you passed it.
- Consider how often you allow this freedom in your daily life. How much of your life at home takes place out of a sense of 'should' rather than out of a sense of joy? Allow your travels abroad to be about following your natural inclinations. The world, after all, is not going anywhere and you can always return to what you had planned if you really want to.
