I have a friend that does some investment banking in Eastern Europe and he told me how he was fond of sailing around the Greek Isles. It is an entirely different lifestyle over there. I got to thinking
Maybe Your Week Needs A European Vacation In It.
The litereal one wouldn't hurt either but I am talking about some mini planned breaks in a tough work week. Europeans often chastise Americans as not being able to stand still. We are always doing. We have Outlook Calendars on our computers with To Do lists.
Do you know in the Greek Isles sometimes you can't even get around in a motorized vehicle?
In fact in some places they are outlawed. You walk, you hire a water taxi, you can hire a donkey and its handler. This actually makes the islands blissfully quiet. Instead you'll hear roosters or again that complaining bleat of a donkey tired from being pushed around. The colors of the navy blue seawater can be soothing, and then there is endless number of cats at your feet begging while you are eating or waiting up to three hours for the water taxi to arrive on the dock just to go one way. You do have scenic hillsides, barren and rocky and also scrubby bushes, pine, olive trees, and fragrant flowers.
The point of the story is not let's all escape to the Greek Isles, although as a vacation probably anytime that would be a pleasant thought. The point is break up your week AWAY from work. Away from the usual. Do something different by yourself, or with those people you enjoy being with, but nonetheless, take yourself on a European vacation in your local city. You can do it, you just have to come up with something you haven't done in awhile. What about a quiet walk in some unknown never before visited park in the morning? Meditation in a holy place of your choosing at off times? It can be a quiet or an ACTIVE shake up with heavy exercise too. Horseback riding, motorboating, just something to get completely off your hamster wheel treadmill that drones on day after day.
We all need refreshment to keep our minds and soul in good sound shape.
Next time you are stuck, think to yourself, it is time for my European vacation, and go somewhere locally with your Greek Isles in mind.
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