Episode Description
Maybe you've been thinking about a trip for months, looking at flights, reading about the destination, knowing roughly what's there. And still not booking. Or you've already been on the trip and running a calculation the whole time: how do I make this count? Was this worth it? Both versions have the same problem. The question you're asking doesn't close. It just generates more conditions.
In this episode, Damianne introduces the two-word question she's used for years, one that doesn't require a perfect reason to go, just the absence of a real blocker. With three stories from three very different decisions, she traces how the same question opened doors she couldn't have planned for, including thirteen years in a city she'd never seen before she arrived.
The "why should I go" question has a problem: it's designed for explanation, for optimization. It needs a good reason, and so it's easy to delay. Instead, you generate concerns. Address one, and another appears. The timing isn't right. The savings aren't there. Something at work needs you.
Solo travel for women over 40 isn't really a logistics problem. It's a question. So we need to ask better questions.
In this episode:
- The cherry blossom calculation
- The question that keeps generating conditions
- Two words and how they work
- Off the main path in Sapa
- A pyramid in Tirana
- Thirteen years late
This episode is for you if:
- you've been looking at flights for a trip you haven't booked, and you're genuinely not sure what you're waiting for
- you travel solo and find yourself measuring the experience instead of just being in it
- you're a woman over 40 who wants to stop generating conditions and start deciding
- you've answered one concern about a trip only to find another one waiting in its place
Resources mentioned:
Free workshop — freedomlookslikethis.com/training
Make the trip decision in a small group with Damianne. Next session: June 6.
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