WORKCATION CHRONICLES PART FOUR | DIGITAL NOMAD WORK-LIFE ADVENTURES.

Part Four - Solo. 
Date: March 5th, 2023
Currently in: Cancun, Mexico 🇲🇽
Lessons I’ve learned: Make sure you’re on the same tour. Wear sunscreen 

Today marks one month in Mexico. I feel as though the two weeks of this trip took their sweet time. I sipped in every ounce of the day. Everything I did was intentional. Each moment was documented and stored away in a memory. 

The next two weeks flew by. I got sick. I strained my neck sleeping - I love getting older. I have not felt the inspiration for this trip in a while. 

I don’t want anyone reading this to think that I haven’t had a good time. I have. My best friend came to visit, we explored and we lounged. I met some amazing sisters. Sisterhood is so important. Along with the good times, have come some very bad times. It’s all about balance right? 

If I’m being honest and fully transparent with you. I am stressed about money. I don’t budget, I’ve never budget. I’ve tried to budget with “fill-in-the-blank, one-size-fits-all” budgets and they don’t work for me. I’ve brought that habit to Mexico and drastically overspent on my first month here. I’m on vacay right? It’s fine, right? Wrong. I need to get out of the mindset that I’m on vacation because I’m not. By being a digital nomad, I am still working. I still need to prioritize life and self care and work. I am not on vacation, I am living in a new country. I keep reminding myself that but there is a disconnect from embodying it. Since I am surrounded by new friends and old friends and people on vacation, I find myself following the herd. 

This is my permission slip to give myself grace. To relax and do nothing but work somedays. To go out and adventure on others. To find that balance for ME. 

On March 1st, I flew from Puerto Vallarta to Cancun. The reason that I flew to Cancun is to go on a tour of the Mayan ruins with one of my oldest best friends. We have been close for over 15 years. She studied Mayan culture in University and I wanted to be like her mom on Christmas, watching her take in the history. We booked our tours together, but separately so we could have different pickup locations. Mistake Numero Uno. 

I had thought to myself “Oh we should make sure we get on the same tour, in case there are a few. No, I'm sure it’ll be fine.” Mistake Numero Dos. 

Turns out that we were NOT on the same tour, and we didn’t even follow the same schedule. The tour was ok, but it was truly ruined for me when my friends were off somewhere else.

I had checked out the Chichen Itza Ruins first, and then the Cenote. They had done the opposite and gone to the Cenote first then the ruins. This meant that we wouldn’t meet up AT ALL. 

Yes I cried on the bus and no I am not ashamed of that. 

Full transparency, the reason that I came to Cancun this early was to see Cassidy and do the tour with her. If not for this tour, I would have liked to stay in Sayulita longer and enjoy the small beach town. I wouldn’t have gone on the tour at all and when I’m already stressing about being over budget, it was like a punch to the gut. Devastating.

Anyways, we live and we learn and I still got to see Cassidy and Alex. On their last day here in Cancun, we had a beach day! #WearYourSunscreen. I got burnt. 

I’m glad I did the tour, I don’t want to live with regrets. I do however, give myself full permission to feel my feels and have my tantrum about it. If I don’t let it out, I will never work through it so thank you for listening to my venting.

Here’s to another month in Mexico.