In many Latin American countries, tradition has it that walking an empty suitcase around the block on New Year’s Eve is the way to ensure a travel-filled new year. Apparently, the faster you go, the more you travel!
So, as you read this today, perhaps you want to adopt the tradition for yourself — or use it to trigger another activity that sounds like more fun than dragging the Samsonite through the snow. Maybe sit with family and reminisce about all the places you have traveled. Perhaps use it as a conversation starter with friends to share all the places you would like to travel to if your suitcase tradition bears fruit, or maybe recall new year’s traditions of your own and pass them along to younger generations.
If travel is your desire, you can make it happen in 2023 — with or without the brisk evening run tonight. You can use tradition to trigger your motivation, but in the end, it’s up to you to create your own destiny.
Thanks, Alicia!
