On Saturday, within minutes of arriving to the beach, we watched a guy pull a shark out of the ocean, put it back, and then I immediately went for a swim. In the evening, I walked to the pier. On Sunday we spent a lot of time on the beach and in the hot tubs and lazy rivers and I meditated on the beach. On Monday we went to the safari, which was almost definitely the best experience of my life, and went to the aquarium in the evening. On Tuesday we spent more time at the beach and went to the wax museum. I probably had a better time at the wax museum than anyone, you better beliebe it.
I also walked to the second pier on Tuesday, a round trip walk of about seven miles. Today I managed a quick dip in the ocean, we did the sky wheel, miniature golf with Suzi’s folks, and took a speed boat ride. I also walked to the pier and meditated on the beach. I will not get a great deal of sleep tonight, but will wake up to go for a helicopter ride in the morning.
I have also been spending some time contemplating my purpose. I literally googled “finding your purpose,” but aside from one article (https://markmanson.net/life-purpose ) I didn’t really come across anything that I hadn’t already thought of while walking the beach. My primary objective now is to contemplate all of the things that made me happy growing up. I started a FAF (fulfilled as fuck) document bulletpointing all of the things that made me most happy. A common theme I had not considered until making the list was that of exploration. All of the abandoned buildings, caves, bridges, and outdoor areas I explored as a child kept coming up. I also play video games the same way, obsessively exploring every little nook and cranny. Even my walk to the second pier the other night underscores this obsession to see what’s just up ahead. There is something to this.
In addition to
exploration I also tend to enjoy organizing things. From my toys as
a kid to the weights in the weight room and even our hotel room on
this trip. I can’t seem to help myself.
Suzi had also
mentioned that I seem happy when teaching people things. While
walking tonight, I thought that it will contact Adora’s cheer coach
to see if I could observe a practice or two so that I may start
moving forward with the strength training for cheerleaders idea.
