As I’ve learned to tune in and understand my needs for health and vitality, I’ve realized that I no longer want to do all the things. In fact, I don’t want to do most things! I want to experience stillness. I want to do less activity that depletes me of my energy and more of what fills me up.

That’s when I found the concept of slow living.

Since that trip, between personal vacations and work trips, I have gotten on many planes and taken countless trips. And I have refined my travel planning strategy to make planning and being on vacation nothing but delightful. That means less anxiety, fewer squabbles with my husband, and more time enjoying the destination. Keep reading for three ways that I have made travel planning less stressful: