After a busy year, I recently decided to go on holiday all by myself for a week. This way I could fully recharge and gather all my thoughts. However, there are a number of points to consider when you go on holiday alone as an introvert. Below I share some tips.
Find a destination that suits you
Just as you choose a work environment that suits you, the same goes for your holiday. If you are ready for a week of rest, do not choose a busy holiday resort full of noise around you. For example, I chose a resort in the mountains, so that I could be both active and relax. The advantage of traveling alone is that you can decide for yourself where to focus every day. Are you ready for action or rest? To be social or to be alone? You decide, as long as you are in a place that also has the space for it.
Keep your energy up
Traveling to a new place and gaining new impressions and new contacts can cost you as an introvert a lot of energy. Make sure you take enough time to recharge your energy. After my first day of travel, I decided to take it easy on the second day and visit the hotel's wellness area. So on the third day I had enough energy for a nice mountain hike.
Join an excursion
Do you find it difficult to have a conversation? Then join an excursion, which lowers the threshold a bit. You often meet other solo travelers there or people who have been in the same area for a longer period of time. For example, an older French couple gave me very useful tips for visiting places in the area during my mountain hike. It also made that I met some familiar faces afterwards during dinner, which makes you feel at home much faster.
Stand behind your choice
If you decide to travel alone, some people will look at you strangely. Is that fun? And isn't that very uncomfortable? Often these are people who are not completely aware of what you need as an introvert. Time for yourself and time to organize your thoughts are basic needs. So don't feel guilty for going out alone, but allow yourself that space. You will find that if you stand completely behind it, others will also accept it more quickly. 'Others sometimes think about it, but you just do it', was one of the reactions I got afterwards.
Do you want to know how you can come into your own as an introvert? In my trajectory The Power of Introversion you will learn all about it. Feel free to contact me to discuss the possibilities.
