SELF-IMPROVEMENT
Taking a Day Off and Visiting the Ocean — Great for Your Mental Health and Creativity
The power of the water
Pause and spend a day without your watch.
Ready for some magical time?
It is great to take a step back, spend time in nature and with friends, and not take your watch with you. The time when you do not have to worry about what hour of the day it is and enjoy the moments as they come towards you. Just as waves come toward you from the ocean during high tide.
It is very therapeutic to allow ourselves on occasion not to make plans or make loose plans that are adaptable, flexible, and changeable. I spent this last Saturday this way after having two lovely zoom meetings with Medium authors and Dancing Elephants writers in the early morning I was heading out to see a friend.
The Plan
The plan was to have no plan, and spend the day anyway we would like. No pressure to be in any place at any time.
Two of my favorite part of the day was when we went to visit the beach at Cannon Beach, Oregon, and Gearheart, Oregon. We could not walk on the beach because the water was very high and took up most of the beach. We were able to get close enough to…
