I lay in a hammock in the midst of a cluster of palm trees in Puerto Rico. It’s 82 degrees but the regular breeze off of the ocean keeps everything feeling wonderful.
It’s only 9am and already I’ve had breakfast with my family, ran 2 miles, and read a couple chapters of this great book I’ve been reading on Ted Rodgers, High Wire Act (more on that later).
While I can say I follow my own advice & completely disconnect. I will say I’ve done a pretty good job of ignoring everything that was not directly involved with family, eating, sleeping, or imbibing the local brew, Medalla.
It’s sufficient to say - I’ve decompressed.
I’m a pasty-faced redhead with an aversion to direct sunlight. So while my wife & daughter spend their days basking in the sun, I can be found laying in my hammock or at the local pub reading one of the six books I’ve consumed so far.
Envy & Inspiration
Perhaps it’s my reading topics of choice, I love business biographies… or the display of wealth and abundance in the tropical setting that surrounds me. But every time I go on vacation I come away inspired to take on the world.
I’m actually dying to get back to work by the time I return. Ironically, it’s only because I want to come back to the lap of luxury again as soon as possible.
In fact, I never want to have to work again. Who does?
And that’s when I had one of those rare moments of lucidity. It wasn’t so much about rushing to get earn more money to do more vacations — it was just about enjoy where I was at, who I was with, and why I was there.
I spend a lot of time looking to the future, preparing for what’s next.
But every once in awhile it’s time to stop and just…be…To remember that I don’t live to work.
It’s something I enjoy and something which helps bring me a sense of personal accomplishment. But in the end, it’s really just one aspect of my life and boy it feels good to remember that.
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