There’s a moment in every great trip when logic and joy go head-to-head.
It usually happens in a café. You’ve already eaten breakfast. You’re “not hungry.” But then — there it is — a perfectly golden, flaky croissant, still warm, daring you to care about timing, calories, or common sense.

This is not about food. It’s about freedom.

The extra croissant is a metaphor, of course. (Okay, and also a good idea.) It’s what happens when you stop managing your experience and start enjoying it.

The Illusion of “Enough”

Most women live in a constant negotiation with enough.
Did I do enough? Have enough? Rest enough? Achieve enough?
Even vacations start to feel like a scoreboard — how many museums, how many steps, how many boxes ticked.

But travel, especially in a city like Paris, isn’t about completion. It’s about saturation.
More beauty. More laughter. More life.

You don’t go to Paris to be efficient. You go to feel something.

The Myth of “Discipline”

We love the word “balance,” but we confuse it with restriction.
You’re allowed to order dessert twice. You’re allowed to spend an hour people-watching instead of sightseeing. You’re allowed to want both a deep conversation and a nap.

Discipline might make you successful at home, but curiosity is what makes you interesting on vacation.

The extra croissant moment is small, but it’s symbolic. It’s the point where you realize you don’t need to earn your ease.
You’ve already done enough.

Order the second pastry. Wander down the wrong street. Take the long way to dinner. The most beautiful parts of any trip aren’t on the itinerary — they’re in the in-between moments you gave yourself permission to enjoy.

The Real Luxury

Luxury isn’t the five-star hotel or the exclusive reservation. It’s time. It’s headspace. It’s being fully in the experience — buttery fingers and all.

The women who travel beautifully aren’t chasing perfection. They’re collecting moments.

So yes, this is your sign:
Get the extra croissant.

Not because you “deserve” it — but because you’re here, and that’s reason enough.