Planning Ahead.

At the beginning of April I booked my Interrail Trip around Europe and I have never done anything like this before, so the bundle of excitement/nerves has got be planning every detail already.

I am due to leave for my trip on the 30th August and I can honestly say that I've pretty much planned out every detail already! I've done the budget for each day, timetable for each city (there are 7 cities I'm visiting altogether) and I have also found the best train times for each day I am travelling. Now I know that's very excessive and quick, but I would prefer to plan now than too close to the time.n

This got me thinking, in life generally people like myself like to "plan ahead" too. When we are at school we are told to start planning for our futures at such young ages so that we don't make any mistakes and stay on track to success. I remember being told at 13 that my GCSE choices would determine if my life will be successful or a failure. This state of mind has clearly stayed with me which is why I tend to plan ahead way earlier than needed. 

However, sometimes we have dreams which we plan to achieve and this gets us excited and therefore leads to planning years of days ahead of the dream we have. Nevertheless, many of these dreams don't leave the drawing table and all our plans fall off the mountain. 

I definitely have had plans which have never met reality, being a journalist was one which I so desperately wanted to come true. However my exam results didn't meet the requirements needed to make the dream a reality and so I let my plans drift away. Should I have let go of my dreams that quickly? I don't know. What I do know is that plans change and that's ok. Because of that one dream to become a journalist, I decided to create a blog to do what I love without the stress of exams getting in my way. Writing is somethings love and I may not be the best or have any success in this blog, but one thing is for sure and that is that I love it. 

Luckily my Interrail is set in stone and I'm so excited to write about my experiences on here and to test myself at looking after myself abroad and take risks. And see what new dreams form from this once in a lifetime opportunity I planned myself.