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How does one get motivated to write the final chapter of such a fantastic holiday?
By writing this entry I have to admit to the world, and to myself that it's over.
There is however, a few factoids providing me some comfort at this time.
Firstly, all holidays must come to an end. Without a defined beginning and a defined end, it simply isn't a holiday. The fact that it is ending, and there is already a desire to start making a list of the things we didn't get to do, or see, or the things that we would (read: will) do differently next time, is encouraging.
As much as we're all exhausted, and as much as each one of us just wants to sit down and do nothing for a few hours, or to sleep in our own beds, I think we all know that this trip has just satiated the Japan travel bug for now.
Would I want to travel back immediately and do it all again next week? Probably not.
Will I answer differently if you ask me the same question in 18 months time? Almost certainly.
Another comfort in leaving already is that I'm not sure we could have fit too much more into the itinerary. On this Japan trip, nobody could accuse us of wasting time. On our holidays idle time feels like wasted time to us. We've never been the type of people to go on a holiday and just sit around a pool sipping a cocktail, or just "relaxing". I can relax at home in front of a violent video game if necessary.
We tried the "relaxing" holiday route a few years back on a 2 week cruise. Yes we were relaxed, but we found that the lines between between "relaxed" and "bored" began to blur. A holiday where those 2 states can seamlessly overlap worries me, as I fear that I'm wasting time, so it's easier just to avoid the whole state of relaxation entirely. By that measure the current holiday was a huge success then, because we're completely exhausted.
By writing this entry I have to admit to the world, and to myself that it's over.
There is however, a few factoids providing me some comfort at this time.
Firstly, all holidays must come to an end. Without a defined beginning and a defined end, it simply isn't a holiday. The fact that it is ending, and there is already a desire to start making a list of the things we didn't get to do, or see, or the things that we would (read: will) do differently next time, is encouraging.
As much as we're all exhausted, and as much as each one of us just wants to sit down and do nothing for a few hours, or to sleep in our own beds, I think we all know that this trip has just satiated the Japan travel bug for now.
Would I want to travel back immediately and do it all again next week? Probably not.
Will I answer differently if you ask me the same question in 18 months time? Almost certainly.
Another comfort in leaving already is that I'm not sure we could have fit too much more into the itinerary. On this Japan trip, nobody could accuse us of wasting time. On our holidays idle time feels like wasted time to us. We've never been the type of people to go on a holiday and just sit around a pool sipping a cocktail, or just "relaxing". I can relax at home in front of a violent video game if necessary.
We tried the "relaxing" holiday route a few years back on a 2 week cruise. Yes we were relaxed, but we found that the lines between between "relaxed" and "bored" began to blur. A holiday where those 2 states can seamlessly overlap worries me, as I fear that I'm wasting time, so it's easier just to avoid the whole state of relaxation entirely. By that measure the current holiday was a huge success then, because we're completely exhausted.
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