Ever dreamt of a job that lets you travel as much as you want to?
Do you feel your job doesn’t let you travel often?
I bet these questions do cross your mind whenever you are sitting on your desk, working; while your friends are travelling across the world posting beautiful pictures of exotic locations. Well, worry no more now you could too manage work with your travel goals…
Going by a very simple mathematics,there are 52 weekends in a year and 2 days (sat-sun) per weekend that gives you 52x2=104 travel days!! Add to it 16 paid holidays provided by almost every employer i.e. 104+16=120 travel days per year!!! Almost 1/3rd (365/3=121.6) of a year can be utilised for travelling.
Now how to utilize these precious 120 days so that your work doesn’t get hampered.
Choose a job that lets you travel
– Many travel bloggers and travel companies employ full time photographers to join and travel for them. These trips are fully sponsored in return of the pictures you click for them. Also some firms (like stay on skill) are coming up with the idea of providing free stay in return of your talent, be it wall painting, interior designing, photography, musicians. So try and find a job that lets you travel to places you have your bucket list set at.-
Create long weekends
– Try to take week offs on Fridays or Mondays. Not only will this save you from your Monday blues, but also you will have an extra day to spend instead of rushing back the previous night. Some jobs require manpower on Sundays and gazetted offs too and the employees get compensatory off for the same which they can claim any day of the month. Don’t waste such opportunities, instead club all your compensatory offs and create a 4-5 day long weekend!!
Travel solo
– Don’t always look for a company or a partner to travel with. Waiting for someone to tag along will lead to last minute cancellations and frustration at most of the times. So don’t look upto someone to travel with you, go solo and make most of your time. If you are uncomfortable in travelling solo, then you can choose any group in which like-minded strangers join to travel together. Yayavar Club is one such group which lets like-minded travelers connect and go for tours directly through locals without any involvement of trekking companies.
Plan
- Use wasted time like travel time to office to research and plan for your next trip. Planning is one of the most important steps of each trip if you really wish to know the place along with exploring. You may research about places nearby to explore, the geography of that area, historical and mythological importance of that area based on your interests. It's necessary to take care of your health while travelling.
Work
- Work extra shifts before and after a trip to cover for your work so that your team members don't mind your frequent leaves/holidays. In-fact, if you do this, you will find that some of your team members would even go extra miles to help you go on leaves.
Save Time
- If you are a travel blogger or a photographer, document your thoughts while travelling everyday before going to sleep or process your images daily so that you don't need much time on these things once you return. Instead, you can spend your time planning the next trip and reckoning the learning from this trip.
Save more
- Since you work full time, you have a stable source of income... But to use that money wisely is what you can do best... Try to travel to offbeat places, ditch hotels and prefer homestays, travel during nights... So the trip would not cost heavily on your pocket and at the same time you could travel and explore new places while saving more. Find step by step guide to do your trips at dirt cheap cost.
Stay motivated
- Most people loose their motivation to follow their passion because it is not appreciated by the society. It’s easy to get bogged down by your parents’ or relatives’ or colleagues’ constant reminders that you spend more than saving on travel. So, it is important to look for a constant source to get motivation. Get your work recognized to keep yourself motivated. Join some community as a part time blogger /photographer and post content actively to get recognition for your work from the audience. Trust me, this small activity can keep you motivated to travel and follow your dream.
