I still tend to plan everything in advance, weeks, months, or even years ahead. I don't know why, but I can't stop doing that. It happens all the time, even for personal projects, like travels. Now, in my attempt to cure this disease, I created this new personal project: Every once in a while, I challenge myself to be spontaneous with my travels. I choose a destination that's no more than a 2-hour flight away, under £50 return and it has to be a place I've never been to before. This is how I found myself in Toulouse in January. For this trip, I decided to let go of all my usual planning rituals. No research, no endless YouTube watching, no Google Maps plotting, nothing. When I got back home I tried to see what went wrong with zero planing and a lot of spontaneity. Well, noting got wr… Read More
