Let’s borrow joy & enjoy the moment on holidays — ideas

I’ve just spent the last few months wondering why we can’t feel inspired to feel excited about holidaying in our backyard. It just feels familiar. Then the lightbulb moment and thought about the emotion of holidays, the why we wanted to travel. And it came down to joy.

Here is the thought, holidays are about the joy of planning. Deciding where to go and the pleasure of choosing what to do. While you are trying very hard to conjure joy into the planning here’s a handy hint … borrow joy. Borrow joy from someone else. Their infectious happiness, their passion becomes our happy time and stimulates the senses. Someone in Aotearoa NZ must be happy.

You can borrow joy from eating, it’s a tried and true test. The passionate artisan food producer is guaranteed to bring a smile to your weekend away or the holiday in South Australia. Think of those luscious dark glowing chocolates handmade for you to splurge on, the glass of red wine at the ready. Cheeses with oodles of rich clotted cream as their base. The Eyre Peninsula bounty of seafood and the South Island, NZ Kaikoura crabs glistening as they emerge from their briney environment. Mouth watering food and feast is absolutely satisfying and brings a smile to the face. Most of all you can boast about the holiday’s credentials as fabulous. You’ve put on weight. Got an instagram photo moment of every mouth melt moment.

Every good holiday is a promised diet on the horizon.

PS: I am going to borrow joy watching the small things, the ordinary and eat chocolates in my backyard.