Travel

Today‘s outfit is a romper from Shein. I like it very much. I’m going to wear it out in the wild today. I have a lunch with a new friend that I’m looking forward to, as well as a comedy show with another friend! quite the social day. In one of my previous lives, I was a travel agent in Sydney. I had been working in retail and kept going into a travel agency to pick their brains on trips. I booked a great adventure in the outback. I was looking for more fulfilling work and the manager suggested I apply. Since the job was mostly commission based, it seemed they would take pretty much anyone. But the fact that I was American and had travelled so much definitely helped. Soon I was doing the training to start working there. It was weird. I had to wear a uniform for the first time in my life. I worked with a team of agents in a busy shopping area. we had walk in customers as well as people calling in and over email. It was often busy and when it wasn’t, there were follow ups to do. I was around 26 and it was a fun time to work there. I learned a lot. But ultimately sales just wasn’t for me. I also found all the computer systems to be challenging. There were ways to manipulate flights and get certain deals, but I never mastered that. I had to seem like an expert of everything. it was competitive. I really just wanted to travel and not work that much. After about a year, I called it quits. But I stayed in the industry, since I didn’t know what else to do for work. I found a temp agency that specialized in travel jobs and began temping. I had a 5 weeks assignment with Qantas Holidays working in a call center. I liked that job and found it comfortable to be on the phone. There were stressful situations, but it felt safer than dealing with customers face to face. I also got hired at Wendy Wu tours. I didn’t like that place. And another agency in Balmain that took forever to get to on the bus. I started to feel burned out by the industry. I didn’t care all that much and wanted to do something creative again. I also kept booking trips, which the companies clearly didn’t like. I’ve always had a way of trying to avoid reality. Even last night I was about to book a trip to Costa Rica, but a little voice in my head is telling me to wait. I have a lot of goals in the next few months and I’m not sure travel will fit in so well. I also want to make some more money since I just paid to work with a coach and that was a large chunk of my savings. But costa rica does look amazing. my neighbor has been helpful moving my car when I’m away. I’m going to LA on December to see my dear friend Tod. We are going to esalen for a retreat! I’m so excited. Travel always gives me amazing gifts.