Today I am finishing a week of vacation. It was awesome. I hung out with my husband and son in one of my favorite little towns, Paso Robles, CA. I love the houses, the town square, the great food and wine and cute shops. It is a walkable, pretty town and the area has a great range of temperatures (really cool to very warm, which I kind of like). We have rented the same house two years in a row but all of my trips over the past 5 years have been quick (usually 2 days) till this week — this week we had a whole 5 days in Paso and I loved it!
Vacations offer time to think. I think by learning, writing and planning. Here are three of the two big ideas I am reflecting on…
+ Be willing to be that next version of yourself – who is that? Evolve instead of repeat.
+Keep moving forward and scare yourself and then keep scaring yourself – that is where the fun stuff is.
+What does it mean to be high capacity and lightweight, low maintenance? Can you be calm and intense? Where is the overlap?
I recently heard a podcast (not sure which one) where the speaker said, “I want to see where I can take this life.” I just loved that. It scared me. It challenged me. Those words evolved to become a prayer, “God, give me eyes to see where you want me to take this life.” That prayer made me curious. It made me more awake.
Vacation is over tomorrow but I find that the effects of time away live on. What did you do on your summer vacation?