#AllycaralTuesdaytips 👒, Self Care

How to Invest more on Yourself?


Hello My Beautiful Allys,

After receiving amazing response for the previous #BeingAllycaralSaturdaypoll 👒 here I am with my first post on Self Care post. Interesting and exciting as it could be, here I am experimenting with my first Self Care #BeingAllycaralTuesdaytips 👒

And this week, the best topic to start with is “How best One can Invest more in Self”. People often have this misconceptions that investing on yourself means spending a lot of money. The fact is, this may not be the case. It is basically a feeling one needs from self in order to feel fulfilled. This may sound a lot deeper, and you might find yourself lost or confused. Hey! hang on, I just got started. The Golden Rules to Invest Gracefully on Yourself include:

  • Be Happy – As simple as it may sound, in today’s world of uncertainty we all go through questioning relationships, jobs wondering are we really happy doing what we are at the moment? We definitely may have a smile on our face but truly are we satisfied what we are doing? And the best person to figure this out is none other than ourselves. Remember in order to be happy, you need to feel it from within. Often, people get affected by the surrounding, situations that bring you down. But the best way to deal with all these things are to learn to put your happiness first, and always remember never to depend on someone else for your happiness. Because no matter what, whether with or without life still moves on. If you catch the train, you win, if you don’t well don’t worry stay there another one is definitely on it’s way. Remember, the only person who have the power to make yourself happy is your self. If you have to truly enjoy yourself. Some days, do what you always wanted to do, take a day off or maybe a week, go watch a movie, play a video game that you like, treat yourself at the spa, enjoy a late laid back afternoon at a beach side, spend some time with old friends reminiscing some good old memories. Because hey! you are still very young, you don’t have to figure out what your entire life would look like.
  • Assess Your Goals and Targets of Life –  This is something which everyone needs to do in order to make sure in this journey of life you are making the most out of the opportunities that you are given. Assessing and evaluating your career graph in simple words mean comparing yourself for a period. Like for example, if there is a difference between You about a Year back and Today in terms of the things that you have  learnt, the growth in terms of the way you handle situations and most importantly how rationally you can deal with the balance of professional and personal life. Some days definitely there will be a times, when you don’t have to figure out what you will be doing in the next 5 years. On those days all you have to do is just go with the flow and most importantly get through the day. But make you sure to bounce back and work hard to achieve what you planned for yourself in the coming years. (Always write Your Goals down, Look at it every morning, Trust me this works! Try Yourself to see results.)
  • Work towards achieving Healthy Physical and Mental Self – Now Working towards achieving a whole healthy self is one of the things we often hear! Now, in order to achieve a Healthy Self – First we need to get out of the bed and exercise. The best way to get our physical self fit is exercising, now this could be at home or at gym. I usually prefer exercising at home because you get your own space and at the same time you alone can push your self harder than anyone else can. So Exercising Definitely helps a lot as most of us are working tirelessly sitting in front of a PC or a Mac Book or a laptop exhausting mentally ourselves from morning to evening, which means less body activity. So Exercising pumps the blood and this is one of the aspect of Being Healthy, Now the second aspect includes How to keep your Mental Self Healthy. One of the best ways to do so is Meditation. Yes! an age old traditional method, which instantly rejuvenates yourself. Usually advisable for 45  minutes every single day, this will bring much needed stability for your mind. And another important therapy is music! Keep a separate music time for yourself. Listen to tracks that uplift your soul. Listen Happy Tracks. The best time to exercise or meditate is early mornings before breakfast or post office after going home. And as World Health Day is Coming Up on 7th April 2018. Indeed a perfect month to kick start your workout routine.
  • Develop Your Skills – This is the best way to learn something new, be it a new language, or be it new dance form or simply be it learning to play a guitar. The best way to get started is read books, research online, watch videos, read matter online. This slowly increasing your knowledge day by day helping you to develop new additionally skills. Learning is not just restricted to these, several times we learn and develop skills by meeting friends, colleagues and acquaintances. It is always said, every person that you meet in your life teaches you something or the other. Sometimes good to best while sometimes bad to worst. What is important is you take everything and absorb the positivism in everything.

There you are simple as it sounds. Remember the more you invest on your self with the pointers mentioned above the more richer you will get. And it is an every day process. And in this world full of uncertainties it is advisable to always take time off for the most important person in your life which is yourself. Make that person the happiest for that person deserves a lot. And I would say, You alone know what all things that person has gone through, so hey you alone can be a superman/ superwomen to save yourself.

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Ultimate Travel Checklist III – The Day Before Your Travel!


Hello My Allys,

Hope this week is keeping you on your toes and at the same time I hope it has also rang a realization bell in your minds that – It’s 2018, and this is the last week of March which is the third month of the year. I know, it still feels like we just walked in from a New Year, but time flies faster than you expected. So if you haven’t pulled up your socks or didn’t start working towards your goal, it’s high time you get started. It’s better than regretting later.

Today being Tuesday, it is the day for #BeingAllycaralTuesdaytips 👒 And here I am back again, continuing the series of Ultimate Travel Checklist, this time with checklist to maintain The Day Before You Travel. So, Hey! let’s get started.

  1. Get Proper Sleep – One Of the best ways to get prepared for your travel is to have quality sleep before you head for a journey.
  2. Label Luggage – Make sure you label your luggage to distinguish yours from another, and additionally you could use a bright ribbon too as a distinctive eye catching accessory for your luggage.
  3. Learn a few phrases of local language – This always helps, and thanks to google, learning any language is absolutely possible.
  4. Inform relatives and close friends about your travel – It is always better to inform your circle about your travel, so no matter in case of emergency they can get to you.
  5. Do a Final Check of All Your Travel Documents – Final checks are required to make sure you don’t forget your important documents and ensure a hassle free travel journey!

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Ultimate Travel Checklist II – The Week Before Your Travel!


Hello My Allys,

It’s a beautiful Tuesday and as promised continuing the the Series of Ultimate Travel Checklist which we began last week in #BeingallycaralTuesdaytips 👒 I am back here again to speak about the next phrase of the Checklist. This week, we will discuss about What are the things one needs to keep in mind – a week before your travel.

So Let’s get started :

  1. Get Your Travel Documents/ Hotel, Accommodation details – Make Sure you keep all Your Travel Documents – Passport, Flight/Train/ Bus Ticket ready and printed in a file. This will allow easy accessibility.
  2. Currency Exchange – If you are travelling outside your country then know about the currency of the place you will be heading and visit a Foreign Exchange Company and exchange currency as per the rates to have hard cash in your hand once you land on your travel destination.
  3. Pet Sitting & House Sitting – While you are enjoying your vacation, make sure everything back home is perfect and that you can only make sure in advance. So here is my previous post – a Checklist For Home Before You Travel which will help you.
  4. Load Money on Travel Card – Several times taking hard cash, may not be the ultimate solution as you cannot travel with a lot of hard cash. Banks have now introduced Travel Cards, all what you have to do is load money on the Travel Card and there it is, you can shop on the go by simply swiping your card at a shopping mall or a restaurant.
  5. Think About Devices You will Carry – Make a list of all possible electronic devices which you will carry. And check them for their condition, like if your device is travel ready, the equipment you are carrying is in proper working condition, right from the bag that you will be carrying it in to the  plug chargers you will be using. Make sure everything is in a ‘travel ready’ condition. If not, get it fixed before you travel.

If you have some more things to be added in the checklist of a week before you travel then go ahead comment below and suggest your point. With this here’s time to say bye! Another set of Checklist coming your way in the next article. Take Care!

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Ultimate Travel Checklist – When You Book Your Travel!


Hi My Lovely Allys,

Welcome to another blog post of #BeingallycaralTuesdaytips 👒 I hope this week is treating you well. This Week I thought of providing a Series of Ultimate Travel Checklist which will includes a series of articles which will be spread over a couple of week to provide you the perfect guide before your next trip.

To begin this week, Let’s start with the What are the things one should keep in mind while booking your trip:

  1. Validity of Passport – Check Your Passport date for validity, ensure that the expiry of the passport is no where close to your travel holiday dates. In case, it is renew the same immediately avoid waiting for last minutes especially when you plan to travel for a long holiday.
  2. Matching of Names – Matching of Names is important, the name on your Passport needs to match with the name on your ticket booked, Several times this creates a lot of confusion at the airport with the officials. So while booking tickets, book it on the name mentioned on your passport.
  3. Know the Weather – This may sound like a general advisory but this is very important especially when do the packing. Knowing the weather helps a lot while packing for example, if you get to know that the place will experience a rainfall, you can pack accordingly carry an umbrella and rainy sandals, if it is the other way round that it will snow then you can pack your winter clothes to keep you warm and safe from the snow.
  4. Get Yourself Vaccinated – This is optional but several times this is very important, vaccination or medication helps to keep your immune system strong and also several times protects you from any viral or sickness.
  5. Keep Yourself Updated with Current Affairs – Read about the place you plan to visit, about the current happenings, see if any warnings or anything has been issued. It’s always better to be aware about such things then going to the place and then regretting.

If you have some travel checklist which needs to be kept in mind before you plan your travel, Comment below. Until next time,Take Care!

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Women’s Day Special – Solo Female Travel Tips


Hello My Allys

It is Tuesday again and here we are marching in full speed towards women’s day which is celebrated throughout the world on the 8th of March. This is a day dedicated to women and empowering them to make sure that they are no less than anyone in this world. This Year, the theme for the day is “Equality for Women, Progress for All.” And so I decided I should evolve this week’s tips around woman and what could help them on their travel journey.

Travelling alone can be a daunting and terrifying task but if you are up for the challenge, accomplishing it will make you even more happy and more confident about your self.

As Exciting as it may sound, it will not always be so you need to get the following things tick marked before you embark upon a solo travel journey.

  1. Research well about the destination you are heading to, places to visit, clothes one should wear in those place. Also, Learning the basics of the language helps a lot – May just Hello, Good Morning, Emergency, Please and so on.
  2. Remember as you are outside avoid drinking too much when you are alone. You need to handle your own self well, when you are alone. Also, when served a drink, always keep an eye on your drink may not be an alcoholic one but still, keep an eye on your glass.
  3. When You sense some danger, don’t afraid to create a scene. In such places, learning basic words definitely helps.
  4. Trust Everyone and No one – This is the golden rule that you should know and understand. It is but obvious when you travel you make a lot of new friends, that’s the exciting part, but you need to understand when to Open up about your thoughts with whom and where.
  5. If you visit crowded places – remember to take care of your belongings that includes the cash, credits cards, (If travelling internationally than your Passports) And don’t keep all your cash at one place.
  6. Optional but this would be add on for your safety carry a pepper spray in a bag or learn martial arts. Up to you what you want to choose between the two or maybe you could select both.

So this Women’s day, take that extra step that will make you feel empowered. If possible, take a day off and explore a place in your in own locality. (It may sound unrealistic as it’s a exactly in the mid of this week. No, worries weekend will definately come soon. In case, you are a guy reading these tips then hey! you should forward this to your female friend circle.

Do you have some solo female travel tips? I would love to hear, why not share. You can comment on this post or simply, Share it on any of your social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram using the hashtag – #TravelwithAllycaral  I’m really looking forward to hear from you all.

Here’s wishing my beautiful ladies a Very Happy Women’s Day in advance. Grow and Empower one another

Until next post, See Ya!