So many lists!

With just three weeks to go I’ve lost count of the amount of lists that I have written. What to get, what to pack, what to do, then three days later I’ll start the list again thinking to myself, ‘I really should get to the point where I am ticking these things off one by one’. But they just get stashed away in my diary until the next time realisation hits me, panic mode takes over and I’m yet another week closer to my travels.

Everyone keeps asking why Canada, why three months? Well the basic answer to that is three months is about all I can afford and my reasoning behind Canada I can’t really explain, I just have a fascination with the country and have always wanted to explore it.

Ever since completing my degree in Journalism I have been working on getting there, emailing numerous companies to see if I could gain an editorial internship or a part-time job. Then it come to decision time and looking closely at my bank account I worked out that I could just travel, obviously cutting back on little luxuries and saving like crazy, but meaning I could really discover the country that I have accustomed such a love for. And now is the right time. I know it may sound a little sickening and corny, but I truly believe that you know when things are right.

Last night was the first time that I looked at my backpack and felt excited, instead of being filled with the dread of getting everything into something that I have to carry around on my shoulders! Yes I may have also looked a little strange as I smiled to myself, but hopefully no one was watching.

On this weeks to do list:
1) Hostel – yes I know I’ve left it a little late in the day, but I will be booking the first hostel I plan to stay in when I arrive in Vancouver.
2) Travel insurance – How is it that you know exactly what company you are going to use, how much it will cost, even have a lovely little discount, but yet it still takes ages to get round to booking it?

Flights are already booked so as long as those three things are done then I’m ok. Tickets, insurance and first accommodation, they’re the main things aren’t they?

Now I only have one week left at work and I can say goodbye to interior news writing and hello to the exciting world of travel writing.

Now I must get on with ticking off my lists!