Enjoying Rather Than Planning to Enjoy

I’m kind of drawing a blank on what to write about today. I want to write an entry to keep up with the daily writing habit and also to see what benefits and clarity writing the post may bring with it. Today’s the last day of vacation, which always is a strange time for me. On one hand, I look around at the beauty and want to find ways to extend our stay. On the other hand, it feels like the right time to go back, after having had a really nice time here.

I’m experiencing another one of those strange middle grounds I’m trying to become more comfortable existing in and experiencing. I’m pretty sure the discomfort will pass if I let it, rather than try and hold onto and control it. This is definitely new ground for me here.

Now that I’m writing this, it’s becoming clearer that I should try and experience the remaining time here in the moment, rather than start planning how to extract every last ounce out of the experience, which ultimately ends up suffocating the experience for me. I also need to resist the urge to start thinking about and planning what needs to or could be done when I get back home.

For now, the right approach seems to be to enjoy the beauty of the changing light over the beach and maybe appreciate how different it looks from the early morning light, which I’ve been fortunate to experience on this trip. What I’m starting to learn slowly is that appreciating each moment, in the moment, may be more fulfilling than trying to plan out how to maximize each moment ahead of time. So I think that’s what I’ll try and do for the remainder on my time here. Let’s see how it goes!