I have already stated in my previous blogs that traveling or making a trip should be done with a purpose however small that purpose may be. Otherwise, we would be initially taking the plunge and then try to remain happy, but soon enough boredom and a sense of that drift would enter our minds and we would try to while away the holiday or that trip trying to think that this is the way it should be and all the time our minds would feel as if there is something missing somewhere. This "something missing somewhere" although we can never explain properly takes the spice of the whole tour and significantly alters our emotion and we are left with a feeling of slight disgust. Hence, for those who have only a holiday in mind and nothing else, the idea that is suggested here is to get something or the other in the mind of the individual or the whole group to stay in line when they experience a slight drift. This is because the human mind tends to go drifting and feel at a loss when it is allowed to believe that the sole purpose of the journey was to kill time which would mean a few days or few weeks. For many people traveling, vacationing or touring, a trip has larger purpose than simply enjoying for the sake of enjoyment. Of course, you could argue that reveling or simply moving off to a place to enjoy a few days away from the busy chores would do the brain good. Well, the fact is that such a holiday is good for a couple of days or at the most a week after which the mind would experience a dip in happiness. Hence, for the travelers who travel individually or in groups it is worthwhile at least to add some little purpose to give the whole tour a meaning however subtle it may be. For instance, many travelers take to snapping some good photographs while some would love to jot down in their dairy about the places they visit while some others might might take down the ingredients that make up their breakfast, lunch and dinner and even those exotic dishes that they are likely to taste as fun. In fact, these travelers make discreet queries about the stuff that they eat.Then there are others who visit places to collect a few well studied souvenirs and make sure that they have some of the fine prints or photographs of the places of historic interest there.
But why travel with a purpose at all? Hopefully, you will realize this after you make a first trip where you may not feel it all that bad. But with each repetitive trip not only to a similar place, but to places with great similarities, as most such trip tends to be, then with each trip that you plan it all boils down to the fact that you are at the most plain bored. Perhaps, this is quite analogous to the 'Law of Diminishing Returns' as is seen in economics. During travel too the best way to overcome this type of diminishing enjoyment is to add a little purpose of yours or your group's choice such that every trip has a different purpose.
Everything is in the Human Mind
The mind of ours is a vast network of nerves and tissues and perhaps the most awesome object that we would find in our little planet. Nothing can match it in creativity or exercising choices of options through reasons, tact and emotions. Yet a dull unemployed brain is the biggest headache whether it is remaining idle during full consciousness or during a tour. It is not surprising therefore to see people going for trips with their earphones plugged to their ears listening to music or chatting away into their mobile handsets. Some would perhaps pass the time during train journeys, plane journeys or by road transports by quietly logging onto the World Wide Net with the help of their laptops or kindle. Alas, the catch here is why travel at all if you can enjoy the same moments at the cozy comforts of your home. It is okay if you feel like checking your latest call history in the mobile handsets or a few moments when you want to be alone or perhaps you are doing so for you are traveling alone or when the rest of your co-passengers have fallen asleep while sleep shuns you. Yet, when traveling in groups to see far off land or enjoy things together this can indeed become a curse. If you are sightseeing enthusiasts then say whether missing great many things on the way means nothing to you. Then why travel at all. Travel & Tour Indian Railways have become a lot to be desired too.
Abilene Paradox
The Abilene Paradox is referred to as group decision where each member of the group refrains from carrying out any sort of criticism or suggest something contrary to what the group oral or written objectives are thus causing no trouble to the group for the sake of keeping the group together and coherent through and through. The Abilene Paradox, not quite surprisingly, originated from a travel to Abilene by a group of travel enthusiasts and each member agreeing to the trip with a positive response thinking that the other member shouldn't feel bad. The result was that each member had a different opinion of the trip although none stated so in order to keep the coherence of the team and keeping everybody's spirit up while the result of the trip left them all disgusted, stressed and totally fed up. Here, refraining from criticizing the other members or the Travel Plan got them nowhere as each member could have easily succeeded in giving good suggestions for the group and with a little brainstorming the whole trip could have been an enjoyable one.
This is so true of all traveling and don't blame the Travel and Tourism office due to a bad arrangement right at the start of the whole journey. Here, in this case an explicit message could be conveyed to the whole group, if of course you are not traveling alone, and this then added with a small purpose, more for fun sake, could spice up the whole travel. A small purpose (Not necessarily a business purpose or official one), could bring about the emotional coherence to the group in which you are traveling.
Avoiding the Traveling Blues
If one individual person thinks that he is bored with the same type of sightseeing or visits to historical monuments as some may have other idea of fun then the group tour suffers from little acknowledged fact of 'Travel Blues'. If you must converse over the mobile handset and you may have the latest of the digital devices like the Blackberry or the Nokia or the Palm Pre or whatever, well kindly be courteous enough to tell the others in the group that you will be missing them for a couple of minutes or so and not more. This means that either you make the call as strictly personal or publicize it briefly. It would liven up a hush conversation and who knows some humor may appear on their faces and then the journey becomes even more interesting. Try to avoid too much or frequent self engagement. Keep them during bed times or when the rest of the group members are taking a nap or a little rest after good trudge around the place of Tourist Importance. Sometimes, having the digital Kindle or a Samsung Galaxy Tablet can be fun if you can share your experience or jokes or some comments on a particular BLOG WRITING, News from a Freelancing Writer, Video Conversations or a movie which you and other members of the group can enjoy on your Laptop during some say arduous task of waiting at the office of Travel Agents, World's Busy Airports, Railway Platforms, Public Lounges, or even while simply waiting for the next bus or vehicle during your Safari Tour of the Tanzanian National Parks or any other exotic Wild Life Centers. Name it and you can spot these Traveling Blues at different places in spite of the fact that you are moving in groups and trying to see the best Tourist Spots of the World.
Simply talking away the time
Again, if there is one way to beat time then it is by gossip and sure enough this would be the best bet perhaps when there are a lot of females in the group and children. Nothing can beat small talks even while we simply kill the time we have to due to delays in flights, waiting for clearances and due to sudden changes in weather. However, this can be a surmountable task for those who are generally quiet and have a forceful contemplating mind. Here, in such cases either you add a person with necessary talent to free talk away or get those members, preferably woman, to chat away in order to lighten up the otherwise blue atmosphere. This is in way a small matter and a clever talkative fun loving person can bring about a change within the group which no sightseeing visits can provide. Of course, some people although prone to be a good conversationalist they can turn to be irritating. Hence, choose wisely and if need be get the best person do the talking and creating fun while you add a few nods and head shakes and at the most laugh and then utter a few good words in return. Children can be a great pass time during one of these Traveling Blues and can liven up the atmosphere like no adult can.
Conclusion
When such luck is not to be found and the Traveling companions are best of left alone you can do nothing and take it with you whether it is boredom, Traveling Blues or a good conversation. Hence, this is the area which although not quite conspicuous or seen to be important in small travels are nevertheless there in all long trips and vacations. And as suggested in this article make the best of your Holiday Tour with a little purpose so as to remain focused in little ways to avoid such Traveling Blues.
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