While we sat around our lovely, centrally located Reykjavik apartment one day last month, I decided to breach the subject of my future. I've always been the sort of capricious person who can never seem to find her place in the world, and being that I am now too old to say I'm still "finding myself," I was just thinking that I should be settling into some idea of who/what I want to be in this life. This is a subject that I can't help but think about, generally at least once a day, but it came up then in particular after we met a fellow (never told us his name, that I can remember anyway) who moved from Reykjavik to Florida for several years, became certified in diving, and subsequently moved back to Reykjavik to start a diving tours group. He was really doing what he wanted to do, and anytime I meet someone who is so perfectly fitting into his place in life, I start to wonder about mine. I kick around idea after idea all the time, but I can never seem to find something that I feel like is worth spending my time and potentially money on. My husband, being the great person that he is, zeroed in on a great way for me to take my current interests or possible future careers(passions) and figure out if they're just passing phases (I have lots of these..) or if they're likely to stay around. He suggested doing these things on the side of my regular job right now (since life will just run much more smoothly if I keep a job until Steve gets out of school- then I can take time without worrying, and I can find my calling) So right now, I'm doing travel agent work. I still can't wrap my head around why people would pay other people to do this.. it's mostly just great fun to spend hours trying to find the perfect deals on the perfect places and plan a trip that will be both filled with fun and relaxing at the same time. Apparently it's daunting or just plain no fun for some folks. Not me! I think my favorite thing about planning is when there's a challenge. I myself am a budget, off season traveler. I also don't want to stay in hostels or nasty places and eat granola for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Planning travel requires extreme organization and an understanding of your clientele. Right now I'm planning a trip to Ischia, Rome, and Florence for my mother and Chris, and while it doesn't seem like much of an issue, there is still so much work that goes into it. I don't know that I'll ever plan a trip for someone who doesn't consider some sort of budget, so fitting as much as you can into that budget (which is ALREADY a specialty of mine!) is proving challenging. But this is just for now. If you have travel agent needs, contact me. I'll be finishing up my mom's trip soon, then helping with a few other friends' trips if they want, but otherwise I'm just waiting for someone who wants help. Maybe this is my calling? Who knows... For now, I'm just going to have fun with it.
Next passion: Exercise. Can you make a real, rewarding career of it? I'll be thinking on this one...
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