Abbie Chatfield explains what 'main character energy' is, how to get it, and why you should be the main character on your next holiday.
There were like 15 people who had the exact same issue on out flight from Brisbane to Sydney, so we were all running through the airport and when we got there they were like, ‘Sorry, it’s closed – you’re late.’” “If I’d known we were going to be in a hotel room that expensive I would have had an extra day to just sit.” “I feel like it’s just doing things that you actually want to do,” she says. “I’ve just been to Fiji recently and that was amazing,” she says. “So if we just amp it up a bit, you know: just be slightly more selfish. “We got to Sydney and we had 40 minutes between landing at domestic and having to get through international, which is impossible. “That’s all well and good,” she says. “After two hours we were like, ‘How many more fucking old buildings can we see?’” she laughs. So I think I want to go back there… or do two weeks in the south of France: just go to Marseille and sit by myself for two weeks and not talk to anyone – just eat lots of crepes.” “I think everyone should travel with their main character energy,” she says. “I love it, I think it’s great.