Kuyenda Kupyola Ku Greece Ndi Alendo Onse Anandiphunzitsa Momwe Ndingalimbikitsire Nokha

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Kuyenda ndikokwera kwambiri pamndandanda wazaka zikwizikwi masiku ano. M'malo mwake, kafukufuku wa Airbnb adapeza kuti zaka zikwizikwi amakonda kwambiri kugwiritsa ntchito ndalama pazambiri kuposa kukhala ndi nyumba. Maulendo apamtunda nawonso akukwera. Kafukufuku wapadziko lonse wa MMGYGlobal wa akulu 2,300 aku US adawulula kuti 37 peresenti yazaka zikwizikwi amafuna kutengaulendo wopuma kamodzi m'miyezi isanu ndi umodzi yotsatira.

Ndizosadabwitsa kuti amayi akhama akuyamba kuchitapo kanthu, nawonso. "Opitilira kotala aulendo onse atchuthi chathu adatenga nawo gawo payekha," atero a Cynthia Dunbar, wamkulu wa REI Adventures. "[Ndipo] mwa onse omwe timayenda paokha, 66 peresenti ndi akazi."

Ichi ndichifukwa chake mtunduwo udapereka kafukufuku wadziko lonse kuti adziwe momwe amayi amakhudzira dziko loyenda. (Ndipo makampani pamapeto pake adapanga zida zoyendera makamaka azimayi.) Adapeza kuti oposa 85 peresenti ya azimayi onse omwe adafunsidwa amakhulupirira kuti zakunja zimakhudza thanzi lam'mutu, thanzi, chisangalalo, komanso thanzi labwino, ndipo 70% akuti amakhala panja akumasula. (Ziŵerengero zimene ndimagwirizana nazo ndi mtima wonse.) Anapezanso kuti akazi 73 pa 100 alionse amalakalaka akanakhala ndi nthaŵi yochuluka—ngakhale ola limodzi lokha ali panja.

Ine, mmodzi, ndine mmodzi wa akazi amenewo. Kukhala mumzinda wa New York, n’kovuta kuzembera m’nkhalango ya konkire—kapenanso ku ofesi—kukapuma mpweya wabwino umene sunadzazidwe ndi utsi ndi zinthu zina zowononga mapapu. Umu ndi momwe ndidadzipeza ndikuyang'ana tsamba la REI poyamba. Nditamva kuti akhazikitsa zochitika zoposa 1,000 zomwe zidapangidwira kuti azitulutsa akazi kunja, ndidaganiza kuti atero china panjira yanga. Ndipo ndinali kulondola: Pakati pa mazana a makalasi a Outdoor School ndi atatu a REI Outessa obwerera-kumiza, masiku atatu azimayi okhawo-ndidazindikira kuti ndili ndi njira zambiri zoti ndisankhe.

Koma kwenikweni, ndimafuna china chachikulu kuposa kuthawa masiku atatu. Kunena zowona, zinthu zambiri za "moyo" zinali kusokoneza chisangalalo changa chonse, ndipo ndimafunikira china chake chomwe chingandipatse kukonzanso. Chifukwa chake ndidapita ku tsamba la REI Adventures, ndikuganiza kuti imodzi mwamaulendo awo 19 apadziko lonse lapansi angakope. Oposa m'modzi adachita, koma pamapeto pake sichinali ulendo wachikhalidwe wa Adventures womwe udandikopa. M'malo mwake, unali ulendo woyamba wa akazi okha ku Greece. Sikuti ndikadangodutsa pazilumba za Tinos, Naxos, ndi Insta-perfect Santorini, paulendo wapamwamba wamasiku 10 oyenda ndi kalozera wa REI Adventures, komanso ndikakhala ndi azimayi ena omwe amakondanso kukwera phiri latsopano. mlengalenga monga momwe ndimachitira.

Osachepera, ndiye amene ine ndikuyembekeza akazi awa anali. Koma ndimadziwa chiyani-anthuwa sanali alendo kwathunthu, ndipo kusainira payekha kumatanthauza kuti ndikakhala nditakhala ndi mnzanga kapena wina wofunika kucheza naye ngati zinthu zavuta. Sindinadziwe ngati wina aliyense wakula bwino ndikumverera komwe kumakudutsani minofu yanu ikuyaka ndipo mwatsala pang'ono kumaliza kukwera mwamphamvu pamene mukudziwa pali mawonedwe apamwamba akudikirira pamutu pake. Kodi angandikhumudwitse chifukwa chofuna kukankhira ululu, kapena kujowina ine pakuchita opaleshoni pamwamba? Kuphatikiza apo, ine mwachibadwa ndine munthu wolowa m'malo-munthu amene amafunikira nthawi yekha kuti awonjezere. Kodi kuchoka kwanga m'gululi kwakanthawi kochepa ndikusinkhasinkha kungakhale kokhumudwitsa? Kapena kuvomerezedwa ngati gawo lazizolowezi?

Mafunso onsewa adadutsa m'mutu mwanga ndikamayang'ana pa batani lolembetsa, koma kenako ndidangothamanga bulukumo, ndi mawu omwe ndidawona pa Instagram. Inati, "Nthawi iliyonse, tili ndi njira ziwiri: Kupita patsogolo pakukula kapena kubwerera munjira yotetezeka." Zosavuta, zowona, koma zidafika kunyumba. Ndinazindikira kuti, kumapeto kwa tsikulo, zinali zotheka kuti ndizigwirizana ndi azimayi amenewa kuposa ayi, kuti titha kulumikizana tikadutsa misewu ndikunyamula malowa, ndikuti tidzakhala ndi chidziwitso zidatipangitsa kufuna kukhala anzathu patadutsa nthawi yayitali.

Chifukwa chake, pamapeto pake, ndidapanga ngati Shonda Rhimes ndikuti "inde." Ndipo nditakwera bwato ku Athens kuti ndiyambe ulendo wanga, ndikupumira mpweya wabwino, wamchere wa Nyanja ya Aegean, nkhawa iliyonse yomwe ndidakhala nayo ndikungonena kuti ulendowu sichinachitike. Pofika nthawi yomwe ndinkakwera ndege kubwerera ku New York City, ndinali nditaphunzira zambiri za ine ndekha, za kukwera kudutsa ku Greece, komanso kukhala wosangalala ndikakhala pakati pa alendo. Awa anali ma takeaway anga akulu kwambiri.

Azimayi ndi oyendayenda oipa. Mu phunziro la REI ndinawerenga ulendo wanga usanachitike, akazi ankalankhula zambiri za kukonda kunja. Koma 63% mwa iwo adavomerezanso kuti sangaganizire za amayi akunja omwe angatengere chitsanzo chawo, ndipo azimayi asanu ndi mmodzi (6) mwa amayi khumi (10) adati zofuna za abambo pantchito zakunja zimawonedwa mozama kuposa akazi. Ngakhale zomwe zapezazi sizodabwitsa, ndimawona kuti ndiopanda tanthauzo. M'modzi mwa azimayi omwe anali paulendowu anali umboni wamoyo wazimayi ali panja-pomwe adalembetsa koyamba ulendowu, adafuna kutaya mapaundi 110 m'miyezi isanu ndi umodzi. Ichi ndiye cholinga chachikulu pamlingo uliwonse, koma ndizomwe amayenera kuchita kuti akhale ndi thanzi lokwanira kuti akwaniritse mapiri omwe tikufuna kukwaniritsa. Ndipo mukuganiza chiyani? Iye anachita izo kwathunthu. Pamene ankakwera phiri la Zeus (kapena Zas, monga Agiriki amanenera), ulendo wa makilomita pafupifupi 4 kukwera pamwamba pa nsonga ya Cyclades, ndiye amene ndinkamuyang'ana kwambiri. Mapiri ali ndi njira yodzichepetsera kwambiri, ndipo ngakhale kukwera mapiri ndi njira yosavuta-phazi limodzi patsogolo pa linzake, ndimakonda kunena kuti limatha kukankha bulu wanu ngati mungalole. Mkazi uyu anakana kuti izo zichitike, ndipo iye ndi mmodzi chabe wa akazi ambiri akutsimikizira izo apo ndi otengera zitsanzo m'chipululu. (Mukufuna zambiri? Amayi awa akusintha mawonekedwe azintchito, ndipo mayiyu adalemba mbiri yakubwera padziko lonse lapansi.)

Kuyenda nokha sikutanthauza kukhala wekha. Ulendo wapayekha uli ndi zabwino zambiri-monga kuchita zomwe mukufuna, mukafuna, koyambira-koma kupita kuulendo nokha ndiyeno kukumana ndi gulu la anthu osawadziwa ndizo zomwe ine, ndi azimayi ambiri pa izi. ulendo, wofunikira. Tonse tinalipo pazifukwa zosiyanasiyana, kaya kugwira ntchito, ubale-, kapena abale, komanso kuyenda ndi anthu osawadziwa kunalola aliyense wa ife kuti atsegule ndikulankhula nkhani zathu m'njira zomwe sitikanatha kuchita ndi anzathu kapena, chabwino, ngati timayenda tokha. Pamene tinkayenda mtunda wa makilomita pafupifupi 7 m’mbali mwa Caldera ku Santorini, panali pafupifupi kuyeretsedwa m’maganizo komwe kunachitika. Ambiri aife tinali titatopa chifukwa cha masiku atatu apitawa akukwera mapiri, zomwe zidatiika mumkhalidwe wosatetezeka wamaganizidwe omwe tidakumbatirana nawo mavuto omwe ambirife tinkakumana nawo kwathu. Koma kukhala ndi anzathu atsopano chinali chikumbutso choti sitiyenera kuthana ndi mavutowo patokha, ndipo zidatithandizanso kuwona zochitika zathu mosiyana, popeza kuti, tonse tinali alendo kwathunthu. Dzuwa litalowa, tonse asanu ndi mmodzi tinafika pakhomo la mudzi wa Oia (wotchedwa ee-yah, BTW) ndipo tinangoyang’ana mwakachetechete pamene magetsi akuyaka m’mahotela, m’nyumba, ndi m’malesitilanti. Inali nthawi yabata, ndipo nditaimirira ndikuziwika, ndidazindikira kuti ndikadapanda kukhala ndi azimayiwa, mwina ndidakhumudwa kwambiri kuti ndiyime ndikuyamikira kukongola komwe kunali koyenera. patsogolo panga.

Amuna safunikira kuyitanidwa. Ndine wokonda kuyenda kwathunthu chifukwa, mapiri samasamala kuti ndinu amuna kapena akazi. Koma ulendowu udandithandiza kuzindikira kuti kukhala ndi akazi okhaokha kungakhale kopindulitsa. M'madera ambiri a ulendowu, monga pamene tidatenga kalasi yophika ku Mediterranean kuchokera kwa wophika wamba pachilumba cha Tinos, kapena pamene tinasokonezeka paulendo wamakilomita 7.5 kudutsa m'midzi ya pachilumbachi - nthabwala zambiri zamkati, mawu olimbikitsa, ndi malingaliro osasamala adaponyedwa pagululi. Wotsogolera wathu, Sylvia, adawonanso kusiyana kwake, popeza wakhala akuwongolera magulu kwazaka zambiri. Nthawi zambiri, amuna amakhala okhutira ndiulendo wopita kukayenda, adandiuza, ndipo ali pano kuti adzafike pamwamba pa phiri ndipo ndizo zomwezo. Azimayi atha kukhala otero, inenso-ndimafunadi kukankhira malire anga paulendowu - koma amakhalanso omasuka kulumikizana ndi ena mgululi, kucheza ndi anthu amderalo, ndikungopita ndi komwe zinthu zikayenda ' ndipite monga mwa dongosolo. Zinapangitsanso ulendo wopumula, wotseguka, komanso wopatsa chidwi - ndipo miseche yamnyamata ndi nthabwala zakugonana zomwe sizinapwetekenso, mwina. (Hei, ndife anthu.)

Kusungulumwa ndibwino kwa inu. Nditanyamuka ulendo umenewu, kusungulumwa sinali chinthu chimene ndinachiganizira ngakhale kamodzi. Ndine wabwino kukumana ndi anthu atsopano ndikuthandiza aliyense kukhala womasuka wina ndi mnzake (ndipo mutha kubetcherana kuti ndikhala woyamba kuchita nthabwala ndi ndalama zanga). Chifukwa chake ndidadabwitsidwa pomwe, pafupi theka laulendo, ndidadzipeza ndikusowa kwathu. Zinalibe kanthu kochita ndi komwe ndimakhala-zowonera zomwe timaziwona, anthu omwe timakumana nawo, ndi zinthu zomwe timachita zinali zodabwitsa-koma ndi zomwe ndidasiya kumbuyo. Monga ndidanenera, opsinjika ambiri anali akubwerera kunyumba, ndipo ndidazindikira kuti ngakhale ndimafuna kuthawa nditasungitsa ulendowu, ndidamva chisoni kusiya mavutowa kwa amuna anga omwe adatsalira.

Koma, gulu langa lidatchula phiri la Zas, ndipo bata lidanditsikira-makamaka pamene, mwa anthu onse omwe anali pamwamba pa phirilo, agulugufe awiri adabwera kwa ine, atatsamira chipewa changa. Ndipo potsika, gulu langa linapeza malo achinsinsi omwe anali kutali pang'ono ndi njirayo - malo omwe anali aakulu mokwanira kuti tonsefe tigwirizane. Tinakhala pansi ndipo, kwa mphindi zochepa chabe, tinakhala mukuwasinkhasinkha motsogozedwa ndi m'modzi mwa omwe adatenga nawo mbali omwe anali mphunzitsi wa yoga. Kuchita izi kunandithandiza kukhala womasuka ndi malingaliro osamasuka - kudziimba mlandu komanso nkhawa, makamaka - ndikundilola kuti ndiganizirenso za zomwe zikuchitika. Kumveka, kununkhiza, ndi zomverera zonse zinandithandiza kuti ndibwererenso kumalo anga, ndipo ndipamene ndinazindikira kuti palibe chimene ndingachite pazochitika za kunyumba. Panali chifukwa chomwe ndimafunikira ulendowu panthawiyi. Popanda kusinkhasinkha koteroko komanso popanda kusungulumwa koyamba - sindikutsimikiza kuti ndikadakhala ndikufika pamtendere.

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