Land, Sea, or Air

What is your vacation destination? and do you get there by land, sea, or air? Where is your sanctuary for R and R Is it out in the middle of nowhere, up high on mountain tops, or by fresh or salt water? Does it have to be vacation time to get to your sanctuary, or do you have one nearby? It’s common worldwide we all have an escape plan, that I need to get away plan to breathe, and figure something out. They come in many shapes and sizes, from one’s favorite couch in the study or living room to the stoop or breezeway outside one’s porch, to maybe a fort in the woods, or just the backyard.

We’re in thought, and it’s not as much where this happens because we can get caught up in deep thinking driving in our car, but what I’m getting at is when we plan for it, I’m going to my sanctuary for R and R deep thinking mode. I made a little place outside our little deck. It’s one of those fabric gazebos that give me shade, and when I walk out, one end of the hammock is staring at me to get off my feet and lie down to look up at my tree and the sky. In the winter here in Pennsylvania, I’m restricted to my garage or the basement, which is not as scenic, but it’s my haven, my safe place, my planned lazy moment, and it makes me count down the days for the warmer weather.

Obviously one of my deep-thought ideas is that I should fix up the garage to make it more inviting like our patio, and maybe attempt the man cave downstairs. The truth is the garage is a glorified storage unit, and the idea of going downstairs takes me farther from outside, which I prefer more. I guess when I think about it, breathing outside air is more relaxing than the inside air for me. Cold winter days here don’t damper the mood much, my wife and I have braved many evenings in the cold with a bonfire and late happy hour, it’s fun and when we finally make it inside, we say that the warmth inside feels nice. Now, don’t get me wrong, we are not outside playing when it feels like northern Maine or Vermont came over to visit; we have mild winters here sometimes, and we’re blessed by it, so we take advantage of it.

I try to take advantage of deep thought as much as possible, and I know that I’m cut from a different cloth than my wife and son, but that’s the beauty of random. I still remember I found my kid on the hammock, and his immediate response was I wanted a different perspective, I got bored of the same thing in my room. How about that “change” that’s a cool perspective, and “something different” is a powerful feeling to change our routine. I guess that’s why we make forts and man caves and go on adventures near and far. I wish everyone the beauty of random; find that motivation and create your Rand R spot. Thinking is underrated and undervalued which is the foundation of the plan that comes together or unravels, which we have to tweak or improve on it.

Here’s to your haven!, Vacation spots, forts, she-sheds. and man-caves. Stay safe and adventurous wherever the day takes you. So Go on and Carry on, and “Think away.”

Thinking about changing the size of backpacks one net at a time.