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To Plan Or Not To Plan??

A few of us friends were just talking and discussing about the ways in which we all go about our trips! It's funny, I'm a control freak of a person most of the times, (lying), actually all the time, but thanks to my friends, I've grown to like the unexpectedness and the unplanned mode of all our trips! I've literally reached a point where I don't want to go on a planned trip because that'll be just too boring and too decided... that element of surprise which brings with it the happiness, the joy and the exposure is just too beautiful and as a friend rightly put it, it's liberating! Megha and I tend to plan our days so much, that those few days of just being and just existing and just doing things based on what we feel and what we want feel like we've broken out of some sort of chains and it just automatically calms us down.

Like when we had gone to Goa for the first time. We didn't know what to expect, where to go, nothing. We just got off at an earlier station (Thivim) because someone said it was closer to North Goa. And then we just walked till we caught a bus. Got down, walked around the beach, made a few enquiries, found a decent place, unpacked in the room and then came down and began exploring the space. The whole idea of us coming here with nothing in our heads / hands was just so relaxing. I remember all our subsequent trips to Goa, Alibaug, Kihim, Murud, Pune... all of them unplanned. Just felt like going somewhere, so got on the bike / car and left. Reached the destination, roamed around, made enquiries, found a place, unpacked and left to explore. The exposure that you get from such trips is a lot more I feel. Roaming around roads, not knowing where it could lead, just to go and see what is there on the other side... those are the kind of trips that stay with you.

I know in the future, when we go and visit more expensive locales it'll be tougher to do this because of the implications of costs involved, coupled with the pressure of time and travel, that we might have to end up pre-planning, and pre-booking and so on and so forth. But I guess I can enjoy it while it lasts...

For example this recent trip that I did. I had planned something. I had decided to go spend a weekend with friends and just chill. And then come back home. But then at the end when I completely changed my mind and did something unplanned and risky and different, it was that thing that made me happy in the end! When I look back at my weekend, it's that unplanned journey that's left a mark, and that's made me happy with this silly smile plastered on my face! Unplanned being! :)

Sometimes I think we must just go with the flow. I wonder if I'll ever be able to do that in my life as a general rule though. For now I'm glad that I'm able to do and enjoy holidays like this. Wonder what'll happen if I live my life like this? Will probably lose its novelty factor and make it boring and mundane... :)

I can't wait for my next unplanned move!

:D
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