Take Your #WHOLEVACATION

I was going through a book yesterday. It says, last year more than half (50%) of us actually choose
not to take our full vacation. Question? Don’t you think it’s crazy that so many of us go into work?
Even when we don’t need to be there? Times when we could be on the beach, buried in sand, or
travelling the earth. We spend it in the office, buried in paperwork, travelling from desk to desk. See,
in this world of chaos, everything goes so fast. We keep ourselves so occupied, seems like everyone's
middle name is “Multi-Task”.

But now, before you go and act, holier than thou, "How many extra tabs do you have open on your
personal computer? Right now?" See, we all need time to get away from the race. For our family,
friends, and for the sake of our mental state. Time to re-wind, re-charge, re-connect, quit reporting
to the office at e-mails that should be on re-direct. Because of life, ladies & gentlemen. It’s all about
moments. No one in history has ever been able to hold onto one. Not a single soul and you never get
them back. See, there goes one, no do-over, no rewind, no DVD root menu to skip to a previous
scene.

Ask yourself, how many trips did you almost take? How many sites have you almost seen? How
many moments have you lost thinking about the next one? Thinking that. Once you get this or get
there, maybe that will be the best one. Life has taught me, all we will ever have is “NOW”. But let me
be crystal clear… I’m not saying to quit your job. Even though I know you deserve a six-month
vacation, twice a year. But how about small steps. Short trips with long dances, no distractions.
Spend time with family instead of co-workers. Meditation instead of aggravation. Replace your
screensavers with Sunrises. Palm pilots with palm trees. "Jammed copy machines!" with "I really
hate jammed copy machines".

The most precious thing we have in life are moments. Let's make most of them before they
disappear. Let's see the world till we can and cherish those while they are still here. Because, when
our lives are almost over, it won't matter how much money we made or hours we worked, or times
we got employee of the month. What, we will look back on are the memories we made. The hours
we spent with those we loved and when we were the father of the month or the mother of the
month or a friend of a lifetime. Holidays should be a time when we go away and come together.
Now onwards let us take a whole vacation and be conscious creating memories that will last forever.