My (not available) Itinerary in South America (or, as I'm dealing with my fear)

My (not available) Itinerary in South America (or, as I'm dealing with my fear) -

I had a plan. Now, a vague idea. I came from exploring Southeast Asia back after only two months for two reasons :. To speak of a NYC travel fair in January and to give a keynote speech in Orlando in February about the connection with consumers on social media

It didn 't make sense to fly home, back to Asia, and then back again, so what to do with the time between the calls?

"South America", I thought. It is a place I have not visited a lot, so what better way to spend my time, seen as the continent?

(Well, at least part of it.)

with the seven weeks that I had, I was planning to explore Argentina and Chile. Then, after realizing that Uruguay was a ferry ride from Buenos Aires, I thought, "it is let go as well." So my seven week trip would look like this:

Buenos Aires (Argentina) -> Colonia (Uruguay) -> Montevideo (Uruguay) -> Rosario (Argentina) -> Cordoba (Argentina) -> Mendoza (Argentina) -> Santiago (Chile) -> Torres del Paine (Chile) -> Bariloche (Argentina.) -> Santiago (Chile)

but a little fast is still not too fast

I took this course because it made the most logistical sense. During my itinerary in Southeast Asia to a purpose rotated (to see Isaan), this route came about because I just drew lines and these places fell on the lines!

But after two days in Buenos Aires, I changed my plans.

This time it is not taken into another direction or people had to make do, and decide to travel with them.

it had to do with the fact that I metaphorically Drowning .

Behold, I have always been a high-strung person. I work too much, I do not balance work and play, and I'm vague promises that I will do tomorrow things differently - but I never. I got that New England work ethic (which I have no regrets about), but since December, it caused me anxiety. The kind that makes your eye twitch.

My assistant Erica describes my work ethic as a "super full-time", which is usually not a problem, but lately it has become one. I'm juggling too many projects. While I have always done, to speak after a really close friend, I realized that the difference between now and the past was that I did all of my previous juggling while in one place. I could create a schedule. Well, I'm trying to do eight things (literally) during the trip, and it was hard to keep up.

In addition, there is already going some really great personal and family problems that have only added to this "weight".

there had to be something, and, unfortunately, it is my sanity was.

recover in an effort to my sanity and health and in the creation of balance recommit my life I promised myself months from the adoption of my friend, I decided to make a change. Mind you, I'm not unhappy (my life is pretty awesome) or feeling ungrateful, and I know I brought this on myself, but I can not continue.

So what does this mean? In addition to projects falling left and right, my itinerary now looks like this:

Can not see anything? Where is this card? Nope, not broken your browser. This is not a mistake. There are more no itinerary. I now have no timetable for this trip. I have spent the last week in Mendoza, Argentina, to drink wine and a few projects, I Finishing needed / wanted done, but with this complete, all that remains is what blog posts I write select. I do not plan on really much different from Netflix to see (please no a murderer Spoiler!) The end of many good books, and in the wild, as I wander the shit out of Patagonia.

As I thought about the causes of my anxiety and panic attacks, I stopped on the word come back have . I have to do this, I have participate in this event, I have to go to this meeting, or I have to say yes to. My friend James Altucher wrote a book titled The Power of No , and I have thought a lot lately about this liberating word - no . I feel in our modern life we ​​"busy trap" in the fall, where we say yes to everything. Suddenly, we get stuck in a cycle caught and we are nonstop. We are overcrowded, burned out, and drink energy drinks or coffee to stay awake for everything.

But a few basic needs (food, water, family care, and work), we do not have nothing to do. We do not need yes to everything or tell everyone. We can not say. We are the masters of our ship, and if we do not do something, we are not! It is our life. Who cares what people think? I always knew this is not up to my eye began at an intellectual level, but it was to twitch, and I felt like I could not handle it all that I finally realized on an emotional level.

I've caught in the cycle and did not realize until I drown. I let it get out of control

So I say .. Not more

I turned that down Keynote. I do not plan on running this year tours. I said no to all upcoming podcasts and interviews. I made the calendar, nuked the inbox, a contact out of office, and from a few people have in my life that should not be there.

Well, I'm off to Chile where I ll take an Intrepid tour of Patagonia. Then I'll stay in Patagonia and make very slowly my way back north to Santiago.

a couple of weeks ago I saw the film The Way . There's a great line in it: "You did not choose a life you live it.." But I agree only in part with the. I think you do to make a choice.

Every day is a chance to get one step closer to your ideal, because if you do not try to make tomorrow better than today, what the show?

When I. My choice, ideal to get closer to my, I do not know what the future holds, but I know I'm on the right track and that brings me a lot of comfort

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