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If You’re a Word Nerd, You’re Gonna Love This
My Word of the Year for 2023
The key to happiness is to plan more trips. Travel more — family vacations, biz trips, staycations, bucketlist journeys, world cruises, anything to see the world. (Can it really be that simple?)
I remember the first time I heard the word WANDERLUST. I thought, that’s it! I want to go so badly I can taste it.
Wanderlust (n.)
Pronunciation: won-der-luhst
Origin: German
Definition: A strong, innate desire to travel and explore the world.
This fall, we took our first international trip post-pandemic, and I don’t want to overstate it, but it not only reminded me how good life can be, how kind people can be, and how beautiful the world can be, but how much better I can be too.
I blame HBO. I traveled almost weekly for more than a decade while employed by HBO, and the pace, plus the kinds of hotels I stayed in, provided a glimpse of the good life, but it was a roller coaster.
I was home and then up, up, up, preparing for travel, meetings, and social engagements, speeding through loops and drops while cramming it all in. Then I came home and slowed down to do laundry, repack, clean the house, and squeeze in some…
