Everyday Legacy by Codi Shewan

Everyday Legacy by Codi Shewan

Author:Codi Shewan
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781989603000
Publisher: Codi Shewan
Published: 2019-11-05T00:00:00+00:00


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Allowing for the Unexpected

Even though I was living the life I thought I wanted, hard-core into the hustle, climbing my company’s corporate ladder faster and higher than anyone else my age, something inside me was nudging me to slow down. I had this feeling that I needed to take a break, to do something that would shake myself outside my comfort zone. The more I thought about it, the more this feeling graduated to a need, and I knew it was time.

I was sitting at my desk when I had a crazy idea. I love to travel, so I decided... I’m going to book a vacation and go somewhere I’ve never been before, without planning ahead.

Up until then, all my experience with travel had been very prescriptive, much like my life. I would book tickets and spend weeks planning, researching, and packing. But this time, I was going to push myself. I was going to choose a random destination and be on a plane within twenty-four hours. I was going to ditch the type-A, anal-retentive, plan-every-teeny-tiny-detail Codi, and welcome a version of myself that previously I had only caught a glimpse of.

I picked up the phone, called a travel agent, and said, “I would like to go on a trip anywhere in the world, for up to seven days. I have a decent budget, and I need to leave tomorrow. Where should I go?”

Silence on the other end of the phone. And then the agent said, “Where would you like to go?”

“Anywhere in the world. Doesn’t matter.”

“Umm... I need to put something into the system. Can you give me some ideas? Within Canada? The United States?”

“No, you don’t understand. I want you to tell me where I should go. It can be anywhere, as long as I can leave within twenty-four hours.”

More silence.

The travel agent could not fathom what I was asking, and after several minutes of back-and-forth, we were both getting frustrated. Then, out of nowhere, my mind drifted to a trip I’d taken to the Bahamas about a year before, and I remembered passing a yoga place on a beach walk one day and being intrigued by what I could see as I walked by. That’s it, I thought. I want to go there.

I now understand that this was the Universe tapping me on the shoulder, nudging me back to that yoga center. I was not very self-aware at the time, but... I was happy this idea occurred to me.

I hung up the phone, did some internet research, quickly found the yoga retreat I’d been thinking of, and immediately called for information.

As it turned out, a three-day program with the theme of abandoning the ego was coming up.

I didn’t know what “abandoning the ego” meant, but I asked the pleasant lady on the other end of the line to please sign me up. It was 3 p.m. I booked myself a flight for the following day at seven in the morning.



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