原来出外闲逛的意义，不只纯粹是为了逛逛

Daniel Lee

前几天有朋友问我：“怎么这个暑假没看到你带家人去旅游？”

我回他：“有啊！7月初不是去了新加坡几天吗？”

朋友跟着说：“这不算吧，我们都知道你带孩子回新加坡，主要是儿子需要到军队报道并做做体检，而女儿也必须办新加坡身份证。”

我回复他：“对，这是事实。从这个角度来说，去新加坡不算是旅游。那么，上个周末回太太乡下，这可以算是度假了吧？”

朋友笑着说：“这更不算，你只是在乡下住两晚，而且周末两天都在家里呆着，哪里都没去。”

看来朋友对旅游度假的理解，是必须去某个地方闲逛。

曾经听过一句话：人可以节约，也可以不买衣服，甚至吃差点，不修边幅都可以。但一定要出门，一定不要将自己箍在家里。

只有人在外面，你的神经，你的身体，你的潜意识，你的皮肤才能被激活，这样的你，才是在体验生活。

原来出外闲逛的意义，不只纯粹是为了逛逛，而是为了能够体验生活。

好的，那么在这还剩下不到一个月的暑假时间里，我有计划带家人出外体验生活吗？

且看未来几天，自有分晓。。

A few days ago, a friend asked me, "How come I didn't see you take your family on a trip this summer vacation?"

I replied, "I did! Didn't we go to Singapore for a few days at the beginning of July?"

My friend followed up, "That doesn't count. We all know you took the kids back to Singapore mainly because your son needed to report to the military for his physical check-up, and your daughter also had to get her biometric screening done for her Singapore ID A few days ago, a friend asked me, "How come I didn't see you take your family on a trip this summer vacation?"

I replied, "I did! Didn't we go to Singapore for a few days at the beginning of July?"

The friend followed up, "That doesn't count. We all know you took the kids back to Singapore mainly because your son needed to report to the military and get a physical check-up, and your daughter also had to get her Singapore ID A few days ago, a friend asked me, "How come I didn't see you take your family on a trip this summer vacation?"

I replied, "I did! Didn't we go to Singapore for a few days at the beginning of July?"

The friend followed up, "That doesn't count. We all know you took the kids back to Singapore mainly because your son needed to report to the military and get a physical check-up, and your daughter also had to get her Singapore ID registration.”

I answered, "Yes, that's true. From that perspective, going to Singapore doesn't really count as a trip. Well then, how about the last weekend we went back to my wife's hometown? Can that be considered a vacation?"

The friend laughed & said, "That counts even less. You just stayed in the countryside for 2 nights, and you spent both days holed up at home without going anywhere."

It seems that in my friend's understanding, a vacation or trip means going somewhere & stroll around.

I once heard a saying: You can be frugal, you can skip buying new clothes, you can even eat more simply & let yourself go appearance-wise. But you must get out of the house, you must never confine yourself indoors.

Only when you're outside can your nerves, your body, your subconscious, and your skin be awakened. That's when you're truly experiencing life.

So the meaning of going out & wandering around isn't just for the sake of roaming, it's about experiencing life itself.

Alright then, with less than a month of summer vacation left, do I have any plans to take my family out to experience life?

Stay tuned over the next few days, the answer will reveal itself..