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Where do you go when you are not working? Do you retreat to a spare bedroom to mediate? Do you hang out with friends over a few drinks? Do you get away for the weekend to the mountains? Do you head for the ocean? Or are you like I used to be for the past 12 years, do you mostly work and not get away enough to make a noticeable difference?
I made a decision about 6 months ago that my health and spiritual being were more important than my work. I am not my art. My art is just a small part of who I am. So I now take long weekends and I commune with nature. I swim in the sea, hike through the woods, bike ride along the waterways, hunt for sharks teeth along the shoreline, watch turtles and iguanas warm themselves at the park, see the sun set over the ocean and so much more! I do not blog or promote my art during this time. I do not talk to clients on the phone. I don’t even have a computer at my beach house. And no T.V. either. Imagine that? For many years I couldn’t, and now I cannot imagine going back to that workaholic person I used to be….
Here is where I go…
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Where Do You Go?
This is beautiful! …I go to the beach!!
There is no place that compares!
I love going to the beach as well. In fact I’ve been wanting to go soon. Now that we’re back in our house, I need to make a plan!
Yes you do! It’s so worth it!
I just mentioned it to Dave. 🙂
And I will look forward to any pics…But no pics might be even better! 😉
haha
Doing a whole lot of nothing remotely purposeful is one of the most grossly under rated activities there is! Bravo!
Indeed! It’s been a long time coming…
Good for you Sharon! Welcome to my world – a very happy place indeed 🙂
Did you stay dry from the storm?
My ideal place would also be the beach, however, it is a good four to five hours drive from where I live depending on if we go north or south. It would have to be an overnight trip for me which can be pretty expensive. I hope to go somewhere soon, though. In the meantime I retreat to the bedroom with a good book at night! 🙂
I hope you get away soon too! The ocean is my home. I grew up on Siesta Key Beach in Sarasota FL, but moved to the city nearly 30 years ago. Even though the beach is only about an hour and a half from Tampa, I let work consume me and I rarely went. But now, I have gone back home to live part-time! A little more south of Sarasota in Venice, where it was affordable to buy a place, but I am so happy to be able to go every weekend for 3 days. 🙂 The goal is to live there full-time within the next 5 years. 🙂
Wow! That’s a beautiful area. I went to Sarasota for a vacation back in the very late 80’s! I love the warm water and the finer sand. In California the water is freezing and the sand pebbles are a lot bigger. The beaches are a lot rockier here.
Yes, Sarasota is known for it’s white sandy beaches. However, what we have discovered in our new place is that the beaches just a few miles apart are so very different. Casey Key/Nakomis beach is pure white sand with beautiful shells and rocks that are smooth and look like swiss cheese. Then you drive down about 15 minutes to the next beach in Venice and it is a semi-fine crushed shell sand which is not super soft, but not rocky either. Another 15 minutes south on Caspersen Beach and you get some big rocks and a black sand beach. We didn’t know that FL had black sand beaches until we moved down there. All so very cool and fun to explore!
Wow, Sharon! It sounds exciting to be able to go to so many different types of beaches! You are indeed blessed! Enjoy them. 🙂 (Sorry it took so long to respond. We’ve been having problems with our computer at home.)
Thank you!
Good for you, I think I should learn something from your change and do something similar, best wishes and blessings, Charles.
Yes you should dear Charles!
Thanks, will start planning a pullback. 🙂
A lovely reminder to make time for all the beauty and joys in life 🙂
It’s been a long hard lesson…But I got it! 🙂
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Yes indeed!