Someday Is Shorter Than You Think

Once upon a time, there was a person who kept saying “someday.”

Maybe that person is you. Maybe you’ve got a passport quietly expiring in a drawer, a stack of unused vacation days, and a running list of reasons why this isn’t the year. The world’s a mess. Things feel unstable. Better to wait until it settles down.

I get it. I live in Ottawa — the nation’s capital. I don’t just hear about government chaos on the news, I hear about it at the grocery store. Believe me, nobody has to explain to me that the world feels unpredictable right now. You already know that better than I do. Everybody does.

This past weekend, there was a memorial service for a woman named Jen. I wasn’t there myself, but she was a close friend of one of my closest friends, and I knew her, and I liked her. She died two days before her 50th birthday.

I’m not telling you that to darken your day. I’m telling you because it’s the truest thing I know right now.

Life is short, babe. Put on your party pants.

This is the time. Not someday. Now — while your legs work, while your passport isn’t expired, while those holidays are just sitting there and you keep telling yourself, “I really should do something with these.”

I hear this one a lot. And here’s my honest answer: I don’t know when that’s supposed to happen, and neither do you. Nobody’s handing out a certificate that says the world is officially safe to travel in now. That day isn’t coming. The people who are out there living — really living — aren’t waiting for permission from the headlines.

So here’s what I’m telling my own community: go now. Especially Asia.

Come have a look at what we’re building. We travel safely, we are licensed travel professionals, and it is going to be one seriously incredible trip.

Interesting thing I keep hearing from Americans in particular — so many of you have someone in your life who was touched by the Vietnam War. A father, an uncle, a family story that’s always sat there, half-told. And there’s something about finally standing in that country, present-day, joyful, connected, that closes a loop nobody expected to close. Figure it out. This is a new thing, and it might be exactly the thing.

It’s an affordable wellness escape, and it’s close. Don’t let this be the trip you meant to book. I’m leading this one personally, which tells you everything about how much I love it.

Chinese New Year created some real headaches on the ground, so we moved things. What came out the other side is better: someone who lives in Thailand seven months of the year looked at the new itinerary and told me it’s at least double the trip the original versionhttps://app.tern.travel/trips/_AvmuAezlBbK91IPMq7q4g/landing_page was — and it costs $1,500 less. If you’ve been sitting there thinking, “I don’t know if I want to do this,” this is the year the universe removed your excuse.

Some of you are nervous. Worried about fitting in, worried about walking into a room full of strangers, worried this whole “lifestyle travel” thing isn’t quite you yet. That’s completely normal. It’s exactly what a 15-minute call with me is for — no pressure, no pitch, just a real conversation about whether this group is your people. Come find out what Playful Coconuts is all about.

And if it’s not — if you’d rather plan your own thing, on your own terms — go see Debra. She is, without exaggeration, the most organized travel agent on the planet, and she will take just as good care of you either way.

Someday isn’t a plan. It’s just a nicer word for “not yet.” Jen didn’t get a someday. Don’t let the news cycle talk you out of yours.