Travel – Page 2 – Melissa Schlies

5 Tips to Planning The Perfect Day Trip

“Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Jobs, family, employers, and friends can exist one day without any one of us, and if our egos permit us to confess, they could exist eternally in our absence. Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us.” ― Maya Angelou, Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now As with so many things Maya Angelou said, her words about [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2020-06-15T19:38:51+00:00June 18th, 2020|Categories: FOMO, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Social Distancing, Staycation, Travel|Comments Off

Staycationing This Year? Here’s Five Ideas to Make it Feel Like a Vacation

For us, this past spring brought cancellation after cancellation. Small trips Tony and I were looking forward to fell quickly in succession up against shelter in place orders. And all the unknown factors surrounding COVID, has definitely kept us from planning any faraway trips for this summer. So other than trying to squeeze in a possible trip to see family, it looks like we may be staycationing this year. Anyone else? Only, we also don’t want to spend the entire time doing things around the house or catching up on our to-do lists. The point of a vacation is to [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2020-06-15T18:50:31+00:00June 15th, 2020|Categories: Balance, Creativity, Health, Staycation, Travel|Comments Off

Five Things I Wish Someone Told Me About Moving Far From Home

Years ago, I talked to an expat who had lived overseas for over thirty years. He said that after being away from your country of origin for ten years, your sense of where you come from shifts. Your idea of home gets muddled. Because all your recent history has been spent in a place other than where you grew up, you begin to feel like you belong where you are, more than where you’re from. Living in a different culture for so many years, I am sure, enhanced his experience even more so. But now, after living fifteen years in [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2019-09-04T13:32:33+00:00September 26th, 2019|Categories: Acceptance, Adulting, Change, Freedom, Lead, Leadership, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, perseverance, Preparation, Travel, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Team Schlies Travel Guide (Repost)

As travel is one of our favorite things, and these tips still serve us well, today I am reposting our Travel Guide. Enjoy! For the born traveller, travelling is a besetting vice. Like other vices, it is imperious, demanding its victim's time, money, energy and the sacrifice of comfort. —Aldous Huxley For those of us who love to travel, Huxley’s words seem both dramatic, and somewhat true. Leaving one’s home to explore the world, can take our time, money, energy, and even, our comfort. But, if you’ve been bitten by the wanderlust bug, like we have—for the most part, you’re [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2019-06-13T13:25:59+00:00June 20th, 2019|Categories: Food, Freedom, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Making Decisions, Travel, Uncategorized|Comments Off

FOMO, The Internet, & Travel

We’ve all been there. In a moment of down time, we’ve picked up our phone to scroll our socials, only a photo stops us. Suddenly, we begin swiping right. No, I am not talking about Tinder. I am talking about other people’s vacation photos. Maybe it’s the deep turquoise blue of the ocean behind them. Or perhaps it’s the stone streets of a place we’ve only ever dreamed of going. And of course it’s the smile on our friend’s (or some celebrity’s) face as they’re living their best life. For a moment, we are transported into their trip. We feel [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2019-06-13T12:45:09+00:00June 17th, 2019|Categories: FOMO, Freedom, Travel, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Learn: 5 Tips I’m Learning About Self Care

It was a Tuesday, and we were in Tuscany. We had driven over an hour to the small medieval city of Montalcino known most for its Brunello wine. Only the last thing on my mind was wine tasting or the way the sun warmly reflected off it’s streets made of stone. I had to pee. We’d found parking in a lot below the wall of Montalcino which meant we had to climb the steep hill leading up to the city gate. As soon as we arrived, I told Tony the first thing we had to do was find a bathroom. [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2019-02-25T15:47:42+00:00February 28th, 2019|Categories: Adulting, Balance, Courage, Health, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Mental Health, Saying No, Travel, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Things I Loved 2018

When you think back on 2018, what will you remember? What life events will come to mind? What world events? Or, perhaps more fun, what show will you remember binging? What songs will bring you right back to where you were in life, this past year? Today, I want to share with you my list of things I loved in 2018. They are shows or some form of media. They are things that bring me small joys. And others are memories I hope to always hold close. I hope this list helps you get to know me a little better, [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-12-22T23:48:36+00:00December 27th, 2018|Categories: Good Books, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, podcasts I love, Travel, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Repost: How to Recover From Your Vacation

This post was originally shared last July, but felt so important to remember as we begin Vacation Season--so enjoy, friends! About a month ago, my best friend and I each went away on different trips. Neither were overly adventurous, but nor were they super restful either. Then three days after we returned, we checked in over text. We were both exhausted. Our bodies were detoxing from eating food that we don’t normally eat, and we were finding it hard to readjust back to our normal lives. Through our conversation, I was reminded, that though it seems completely opposite of how [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2019-06-06T19:11:10+00:00June 14th, 2018|Categories: Health, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Success, Travel|Comments Off

The Team Schlies Travel Guide

For the born traveller, travelling is a besetting vice. Like other vices, it is imperious, demanding its victim's time, money, energy and the sacrifice of comfort. —Aldous Huxley For those of us who love to travel, Huxley’s words seem both dramatic, and somewhat true. Leaving one’s home to explore the world, can take our time, money, energy, and even, our comfort. But, if you’ve been bitten by the wanderlust bug, like we have—for the most part, you’re ok with it. Good, even. Because what little we’ve seen of our big world, has left us wanting more. Only, Huxley does point [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-09T21:36:17+00:00June 11th, 2018|Categories: Food, Travel, Uncategorized|Comments Off

5 Things I’m Doing This Summer

Summer is one of the best times of the year. The days are longer, and the weather (usually) is nice enough to spend our evenings and weekends outside. Only, as adults these few months will never feel as free as they did when we were kids, and out of school for the whole summer. Staying up late, or deciding on a whim to go on a road trip with your friends, isn’t that easy when you have responsibilities. Yet this doesn’t mean the fun days of summer are over for us. It just means, we need to be more intentional. [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-09T21:40:16+00:00June 4th, 2018|Categories: Balance, Relationships, Travel, Uncategorized|5 Comments

Staycationing This Year? Here’s Five Ideas to Make it Feel Like a Vacation

Five Things I Wish Someone Told Me About Moving Far From Home

Team Schlies Travel Guide (Repost)

FOMO, The Internet, & Travel

Learn: 5 Tips I’m Learning About Self Care

Things I Loved 2018

Repost: How to Recover From Your Vacation

The Team Schlies Travel Guide

5 Things I’m Doing This Summer

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