Eating My Own Words

It’s almost been more than a month since my last post & I think I’ve eaten the words to my last post, figuratively. The average rate of my online activity has decreased, although I do still average to check it daily – I’ve been able to limit it to just once or twice a day. My conversations are richer, my relationships are stronger & my vivacity for life is so alive. The more I see, the more I do, the smaller my world becomes and the more I feel like I can do. Without stepping outside of your current realm of existence, one can almost feel that the oyster of the world that is out there is so unconquerable, far away, out of reach. When in reality, it is all so obtainable, so alive and eager to be within your existence if you allow it.

En Route to 2010 Vancouver Olympics

As I write this, I am neglecting to pack my luggage for a flight to Vancouver, hopefully to catch the energy that is the 2010 Olympics. I am leaving for a week & have never been more excited for the unexpected. The plane tickets I received were complimentary, and although my destination is defined, the journey is unexpected – and this excites me. For a very long time & some situations now, I am a very calculated person. The default function for any trip was to open an excel document & just start plotting dates against activities, against budget, against everything – just like the scene from Up in the Air where the young Anna stomps away on her keyboard building a plan made of lines and boxes to define a procedure for an industry she has yet to understand. One that might not even be defined within the constructs & confines of boxes & charts. For this trip, there are no excel sheets.

Defining Your Own Pura Vida

In the last few months, while I’ve continuously preached the greatness that is Costa Rica & the beauty behind finding yourself through pura vida – I realized that this journey is mostly mental. Finding pura vida is not the act of something (moving countries, traveling etc) it is a shift of the mind. It is understanding what is truly important to you, what makes you truly happy in your purist form & mentally reinforcing your mind throughout your journey. Many times – we fall and we forget, and then not before long, we realize we’ve fallen asleep in our lives – allowing external factors to define & overpower our inner voices. Find your own pura vida – strive to be the happiest, most honest, most truthful & forgiving person that you can be, at all times.

Reminders to Wake Up

Today, I want to share a few things I’ve come across the last few months that have inspired me in many different ways.  My greatest fear is making sure I don’t subconsciously turn on the autopilot syndrome, living day to day, sleeping awake and stories & experiences are important for me to continue to propel forward. Hopefully they do the same for you.

1. Lemonade Movie – It’s not a pink slip. It’s a blank page.

2. The Art of Non Conformity – Unconventional Strategies of Life, Work & Travel

3. The Buried Life – What Do You Want To Do Before You Die?

4. Way of the Peaceful Warrior – A Book That Changes Lives by Dan Millman

5. How Do You Want To be Remembered? – From the filmmaker of The Lemonade Movie