“Just when you feel you have no time to relax, know that this is the moment you most need to make time to relax.”
Matt Haig
Hey, fathers and visitors! Sorry for the hiatus, life hit me, got lazy and I cut my writing time, that was a bad mistake! Taking a break from writing here, took away an outlet, which I didn’t realize how badly I needed to write. The above quote hit home for me, and I promise to keep writing.
As I am sitting here and thinking of what to write, it hits me, why not the need for an outlet? I have realized how essential an outlet is, especially since Covid was introduced to the world starting in China (nothing political, just where the conditions led to it starting, mixing of animal blood and viruses). I thought we all need to make time for an outlet, so I’ll share how writing has helped, and how not writing did not.
For me, writing is therapeutic, I never considered myself a writer, but I always had a feeling I needed to write my story. I am not a founding father, or industry giant, but I am successful, smart, and have been on one hell of a journey. So fathers and visitors look out for a book one day, but for now blogging is my outlet.
With Covid, my work life has taken over and I find myself working over 11 hours a day, constantly stressed and yet blessed to be working. I have put off everything else and buried myself in my work, it has taken a toll and almost broke me. Realizing this, I decided to take a week off and take the family to the Mountains, I highly suggest Banner Elk, and Sugar Mountain in North Carolina.
The visit has me inspired, and honestly ready to start planning my next phase. I decided to keep writing, hoping any who stumble on here find my words meaningful and can connect. I am also working on a 10 year plan to no longer work in corporate America and go into self-employment and move to the Mountains to live semi off the grid.
With that, are any of you finding a beneficial outlet? Are you looking at changing something? Need to get out of a rut? Want help looking for something to do? I am no expert, but here is what I am doing, some helping, some not:
Yardwork, my yard was looking immaculate, then a bad tree job and a lot of plumbing fixes later, starting to shine again.
Remodeling, the wife and I are redoing the downstairs powder room, we hate the color and 1990’s fixtures, bought the new Vanity and currently looking for lighting, fixtures, paint, and the new hardware.
Writing, this blog has allowed me to think, as well as process those thoughts, and then write them down. It is unbelievable therapy, being able to work through this process.
Planning for self-employment, yes I know, scary to think about now with Covid, but this new world has made this even clearer for me, why kill myself for someone else? If I am going to stress about my career, I have decided soon it will be my own pursuit.
Vacation, look even with a pandemic, it is important to escape, actually today more than ever! We are stuck or most of us at home day in and day out. Please get out, find a more isolated place to visit to be safe, but change up your environment for a few days, it helps a lot!
If you are looking for a great easy spot to visit, look in the mountains of North Carolina!https://seesugar.com/
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