I started my career as a twenty two year old automobile engineer in Tata motors and in the next decade flew solo infinite times all over the world even after switching jobs to Honda Cars and Ikea of Sweden. I always loved my jobs and exploring new destinations to the best of my abilities, squeezing in something new, in all the time that was left to me after work.
All the countries that I visited in the ten years of my professional life significantly aided me evolve into a person that I am today. While my earnesty, respecting others and punctuality along with goodness in general was deepened under the Japanese influence, I derive the ease at work and not taking it as a burden but a defining part of my personality from working in Europe. By God’s grace being a banker’s daughter I traveled quite a lot in my country with him and then a number of countries globally through my jobs and I am really grateful for them. Well the dream is still on at least 100 countries is my target.
Anyways let me not digress and come straight to the topic and that’s how solo trips are vital at any age to rekindle the magnetism of your original self. In my twenties I hopped on the flight to a new country very casually for work, devouring the beauty, culture, food etc. and if the place was exceptionally beautiful I always secretly wished that the love of my life was there with me and that would have only multiplied my joy. Through BBM though I shared every tiny bit of detail with him, also buying a lot of gifts for him and this way we both managed our professional and love lives well. My solo trips gave me perspective, newer goals and wings to fly high and dream big.
Then motherhood knocked at my door and I was at the peak of my career, hopping on those frequent flights leaving my tiny baby behind was no more exciting, it pained me and I stopped enjoying. I tried really hard until my child was two as giving up was not me but with zero support system, I merrily chose motherhood and quietly started my communication skills academy in Pune to remain close to my child and rear him well for the next decade. My solo trip sojourn took a pause and I took family vacations so my void of not being with my loves got filled. Moving to Delhi took away my super power of grooming kids and women in my academy, though my blogging and author journey continues. Life indeed is a a roller coaster and I know greater things await.
Fast forward to today when both my boys are super busy, I felt a dire need of rediscovering myself and hence after almost 13 years I set out on a solo trip though nervous to plan initially and Dilly dallying for long to plan it but once I was at the airport all alone I felt magically powerful. The old me came back as if she has never taken a back seat. I enjoyed my company like I always did, spending a good time shopping little stuff and clicking pictures at the airport. Up in the sky, like a kid, I spoke to clouds in the sky, read a book, penned my heart, listened to a couple of songs. and did everything I always loved. It was a short 3 day solo trip and I loved every bit of it, the hustle to the shuttle to getting a taxi, I genuinely liked getting back to the grind. After ages I found a glimpse of the real Roma of her twenties and I loved her but a solo trip at the start of my forties really hit different and I would love to take so many more of them. Do take one if you can when you feel the urge is the most.
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