I had a fabulous time on vacation last week. This picture was taken at the Yucatan Reef Resort, a short distance from Progresso, Mexico. I got a massage on the beach while I was there. Talk about pig heaven! I wrote the rest of this post the night before I left on the cruise.
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I’m writing this week’s post from a
hotel in Texas, just north of Houston.
I’m on vacation this week. While
technically I’m already on vacation, in my mind my vacation doesn’t start until
tomorrow when I sail out on a cruise ship headed for Mexico. I’m writing the post now (Sunday night), but
it will not go up until I get back next weekend. Next week I will post some pictures.
When I told them I was going on
vacation, I actually had a couple of people tell me I was lucky. That confused me. Luck had nothing to do with this vacation. I earned the time off. I planned the trip. I saved for the trip and then I paid for the
trip. It wasn’t luck; planning got me
this vacation. Luck, whether good or
bad, is something that happens to us that is completely out of our
control. If you’ve ever been to a casino
with me, you know that luck rarely works in my favor.
When I came back to work last year, I
was talking about this vacation before I pulled my first load. I was talking to a friend about going with
and he said “I can’t afford to do that.”
I explained to him that if he took $20 out of the $100 advance he gets
twice a week and stuffed it in a Pringles can he would have $2,000 saved for
vacation in a year. He hadn’t thought of
that. That’s about what I’m spending on
this vacation. It’s not rocket science.
It amazes me how many people I talk to
that don’t plan for anything, they just wing it and count on luck. I heard a saying and I don’t remember who
said it so I can’t give proper credit, but the saying goes… If we fail to plan,
we plan to fail.
Successful people don’t rely on
luck. They choose a goal, create a plan
and then go to work on that plan. This
doesn’t just apply to vacation, but to anything in our lives that we want to
accomplish.
Talk to me, what do you need to stop
relying on luck for and start planning?
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