November 12, 2012

  • Back to Reality

    For the last 3 weekends, Friday and Saturday I have woke up in a different bed every night.  I have been to LA, Vegas, and New York and my soul has been saturated with enough travel and alcohol to last me until the end of the year.

    My eyes have opened a bit more with what I have seen and experienced and I would like to slowly pour out these revelations.  My body is very tired though, but my soul has been a bit refreshed.

    One quick lesson that I have learned is to appreciate what you have.  I went to New York and I visited the Guggenheim and the Met and ate at so many nice restaurants.  I loved it.  I started to think to myself what made these experiences so great.   Was it the culture of the city and the tastes of the food?  Was it the unique company that I have surrounded myself with in the Big Apple?  Sure it was a lot of these things, but another part of it was just my own willingness to be present in that moment. I wanted to do these things.

    I had traveled almost 3000 miles across the country to appreciate something in someone's backyard where I living in wonderful California have not learned to appreciate all the nooks and crannies of my own backyard.  I am sure SF ranks up there in the world for high dining.  I have not even went to all the art exhibits in SF and here I am trying to squeeze two in one day at New York.  It just made me realize that my life has not truly been fully lived and the patterns of my day although ambitious to some have fallen into another boring routine.

    My commit after traveling will be to do exciting things, fairs, street festivals,  parks, museums, and fine eating within my own backyard.  I will also commit to do this on a budget because I am no greek god as much as I pretend to be.   The grass will be watered on my own end.   

Comments (8)

  • i think i might feel this exact way when i head to s.f./l.a./portland in a few weeks.

    but...i mean...it's my job to visit galleries and i'm a bit of a gastronome...so it's not so much the restaurant scene and art scene that i'm missing out on...but i certainly don't always feel that i appreciate ny as much as i should.
    grass is greener on the other side.

  • THIS. Also, Berkeley has a lot of stuff to offer, that I wish I had taken advantage of :(

  • Enjoy what you've decided to do and have fun with the little things in life! =D

  • :) That's what I feel too! (after I went to Japan and US by myself)~ there's so much to explore everywhere! :D

  • "Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good plays, good company, good conversation - what are they? They are the happiest people in the world." - William Lyon Phelps

    Here's to the little things in life. Hope you get to enjoy it all. And your new small goal sounds fun. :)

  • where did you eat?

  • I'm jealous of your ongoing travels! I'm not into fine dining, but I do all of the other stuff besides lots of traveling. I've learned to appreciate the small things and it seems like there is always something new to appreciate. Enjoy your life!

  • Take me to eat with you!  :)

Comments are closed.

Post a Comment