I’m officially in Vacation Mode! What is Vacation Mode you ask?
It means that I’m mentally already on vacation. It means all I can think about is boarding my flight and meeting up with my family in Arizona! It means that I find creative ways to include my upcoming vacation into nearly every conversation so I can talk about it to anyone who will listen! It means that I now spend hours online researching the best hiking trails in Sedona that will get me near a vortex. It means that Amazon packages now arrive daily. It means that I have begun packing my bags. It means that I’ve finally started doing those hiking workouts that I saved on Pinterest months ago…..yikes! Why did I procrastinate?!
Planning for a vacation is half the fun. It allows me to stay in full vacation mode! Since I am literally counting down the days, I thought it would be a good idea to share my pre-vacation checklist:
- Confirm travel reservations (more on this later)
- Confirm pet sitters
- Hold mail
- Set up “out of office” email notification (my FAVORITE step)
- Offload Go Pro pics to my computer to free up disk space
- Pre-pay any bills that will come due while on vacation
- Get mani/pedi
- Read all things related to Vortexes, Sedona and The Grand Canyon
- Pack toiletries
- Pack suitcase
- Verify contents of backpack
- Set intentions
- Replenish first aid kit
- Obsessively check the weather forecast
- Lose 10 lbs
- Create new travel playlist
- Withdraw cash from ATM (I typically don’t carry much)
- Clean out fridge
- Minimize contents of wallet to ID, cash, debit card, one credit card and insurance cards
- Don’t forget the sunscreen!
Here are a few of my favorite pictures from my last year. I can’t wait to get back!
