Are You Packing Your Bags Before the Vacation Is Over?

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Have you ever started mentally packing your bags… while you were still standing in paradise? The first morning of a vacation feels different. The air feels wider.Your shoulders drop. Even ordinary moments feel electric because you’re finally there.

You wake up curious. You notice small details. You move slower and not because you’re tired, but because you’re savoring. And then… somewhere along the way, something subtle shifts.

I noticed it recently during one of my morning walks.

Suddenly your brain starts doing math. How many days left. When you need to pack.What happens when you go home.

Nothing around you has changed… but internally, part of you has already left. And the truth is, we don’t just do this on vacations.

We do it in business. In growth. In relationships. In our own becoming. We begin something with excitement… and then start mentally packing our bags long before it’s time to go.

Not because we’re ungrateful but because the mind wants control.

When life feels abundant, we relax into it. When it feels finite, we start managing it. That’s countdown mode. it sounds like:

I should be further by now.

I’m running out of time.

If this doesn’t work soon, I’m in trouble.

But what if nothing is wrong? What if you’re not late… you’re expanding your capacity?Some seasons aren’t about speed. They’re about becoming the version of you who can actually hold what you’re asking for. Because success isn’t just receiving something new, it’s learning how to stay grounded while you have it.

And when you stop mentally leaving the moment… you start creating from presence again

3 Quotes to Ponder

 “Urgency makes you move. Presence makes you powerful.”•

“You’re not behind, you’re expanding your capacity.”

“Excitement fades when you start measuring instead of experiencing.”

Thought Experiments to Try Today

The Countdown Check-In

Notice one place where your mind is tracking what’s left instead of enjoying what’s here. Ask gently:

Am I preparing… or am I prematurely leaving the moment?

Just noticing it begins to shift it.

Day One Vacation Energy Reset

Go back to the feeling of the very first morning of a trip, when everything felt open, new, and exciting. Before the countdown. Before the pressure. Before the mental packing.

Imagine today is that first day again. You’re not proving anything. You’re not racing anything. You’re exploring.

Ask yourself: What would feel simple, alive, and exciting right now, if this were the beginning instead of the middle?

Let your next action come from curiosity… not urgency. Because the whole point of the journey was never to rush toward the ending. It was to stay present while you’re living it.

This Week’s Affirmation

“I don’t rush what’s good. I meet this moment fully and I move with clean intention.” Presence isn’t passive. It’s powerful.

Journal Prompt

Where in my life or business am I mentally packing my bags before it’s time to go and what shifts when I return to Day One energy instead?

Let yourself answer honestly. Notice where excitement replaces pressure.

Book I’m Reflecting On This Week

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals — Oliver Burkeman
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This book is a loving (and slightly rude, in the best way) wake-up call: your life is not an endless supply of time to organize. It’s finite. And pretending otherwise is exactly what creates that subtle pressure that steals the moment you’re in.

Four Thousand Weeks explores why so much “time management” advice backfires because it’s built on the fantasy that one day you’ll finally get on top of everything. Burkeman flips it: the freedom isn’t in mastering time… it’s in making peace with your limits and choosing what matters anyway.

Which is exactly what countdown mode does to us, right?

The moment your mind starts tracking “how much is left,” you stop living the part that’s actually happening. You start managing the end instead of experiencing the middle. (Hello, mentally packing your suitcase while you’re still in paradise.)

This book is a powerful companion if you’re ready to trade urgency for presence and stop acting like your life is a deadline.

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So today, don’t rush toward the ending. Don’t mentally pack your bags while the music is still playing.

You are not behind. You are not late. And you are not running out of time.

You are still on the trip. Still in the becoming.

Still inside the part of the story where excitement lives.

Stay here a little longer.

With love,
Vickie 🍑
Life is delicious.

Remember, I'm here to support you on this journey!

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