Vacation time with family is truly the best there is. Actually, there’s nothing like it.

The memories that are created and the love that is shared is everything in the world. I remember when I first became a parent, I wished, hoped and prayed for moments where we would be able to vacation together and spend quality time as a family. I would always look around at other families either on social media or listening to others at work brag about their vacation life. This only made me wish I had what they had.

Not being able to vacation as much as others, made me feel a certain way about my own life.

To be honest, it made me feel as if I wasn’t living my best life. As if, I didn’t have the tools that were necessary to take lavish vacations for weeks on end with my family. I became envious, to be honest. I am being transparent here, so that you may know how it really was. It’s not like one day, I woke up and was able to take my entire large family of 7, on vacations for two straight weeks. No, not at all! I needed to do something! Yes! I needed to change my perspective and my mindset on life entirely. There needed to be some sort of shift to take place.  

I knew that I wanted to incorporate vacation into my lifestyle however, I needed to shift somethings around.

It wasn’t until I sought God through prayer, that I then realized that I could have that and more. What I found, is that often times people look at what others have and want that same thing. So much so, that they become obsessed with trying to attain what others have. In the process, they somewhat lose their identity and authenticity comparing their lives to others. However, what I’ve found best is to observe others’ lifestyles and travel life only as a model. Don’t ever wish to have the exact same as what others have, because you’ll limit what God may actually have for you in-store.

I realized that I could manifest the vacation lifestyle I wanted by shifting my mindset.

Therefore, I want to encourage you to stop comparing yourself and wait. Yes! Wait for your season. start writing down your goals and what you need to do to get there. I know this is probably not what you’ve expected me to say but I promise you it’s necessary. As I look back, I can remember wishing and praying for so much stuff. I wanted this and that. I basically wanted my cake and wanted to get to eat it as well. However, I had to learn the hard way that life is not like that.

Everything happens in seasons.

This is because there’s a season for everything in life. What am I trying to say? If you are not traveling as much as you’ve dreamed of, don’t get weary. Don’t feel as though you’ll never travel and see the world. Just be confident in knowing that your season is coming up.

I realized that the things that I was praying for, was for this season that I am in now. It wasn’t for the previous seasons that I was praying in at the time. This is because It doesn’t work that way!

Let me put it to you like this, you’ve never seen or heard of a farmer planting seeds and reaping a luxurious harvest at the same time. Have you? No, this is because everything takes time and happens in a process. Well, this is the exact same in your life. Before, you start looking at others and what everything that you think they have now. Stop and consider the idea of shifting. There may be some things that you need to adjust in this season before entering into your next season of life. For example, you may need to reconsider your budget. Or possibly, reconsider your priorities altogether.

I know you’re wondering how I know this, right?

Well, this happened to me. As mentioned above, I viewed others’ lifestyles and travel life and became obsessed with trying to achieve their lifestyle. I found myself wanting exactly what I thought they had. Because you can never really know how others truly live by what they post. You never know what happens behind closed doors and when they’re not posting on social media. Therefore, don’t get caught out there.

I found myself needing to acquire a shift in my own mindset.

I had to really determine what I wanted in my own life and not be influenced by other’s possessions or lifestyles. In the process, I realized that I was minimizing what I could have according to God’s riches and glory over my life.

Therefore, I had to really seek God and trust Him in the process. Still to this day, I have to trust the vision he has over my life. In the process, he has shifted my mindset. I now look at things differently from a new perspective. Our schedule has opened and we are now afforded the opportunity to travel as much as we do. However, this was only after we both came together and asked God to order our footsteps according to his plan over our lives. Yes, I had to adjust my prayer life as well and include my husband into it.

If you want something different in your life, you must first desire it in your mind.

Once, I invited him into this private space of vulnerability and transparency there, I really witnessed a shift in our lifestyle. I learned how to be transparent in my prayer life with my husband. I couldn’t just pray for things in private and expect God to bless us in the process.

I had to learn that we are one in this thing called marriage together.

Therefore, we both needed to adjust our mindsets. We both needed to shift our priorities and goals. It was there, that I got to a place where I no longer lusted after what others had or accomplished. But I rather rejoiced to see what God had blessed them with. Then, I became confident in knowing that if God blessed them so plentiful that he was able to do the same in our life.

So, I want to leave you with this. If you find yourself wanting more out of your life, then I urge you to seek God’s plan over your life. Don’t compare yourself nor your lifestyle to someone else’s. But rather, trust that your life is important as well. Be confident and know that you too have a plan and a purpose over your life. Don’t get caught out there trying to live your best life nowhere on earth. Remember that there’s a season for everything.

Check out our post on how we started traveling while broke!

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