Is Our Modern World Taking a Toll on Our Well-being?
I didn’t realize how much I needed time off.
As a working woman over the age of 50, I thought I was doing what I needed to do to avoid creative and personal exhaustion.
But when I took a few days off, I realized I wasn’t.
While taking a hike on a beautiful forest trail…
In my blog, Writing and Wellness, I’m always recommending that readers take time off more often.
But I have to admit I find it difficult myself to get away as much as I’d like to.
Most years I manage at least one vacation, though for the last four years — due to COVID and increased costs — I didn’t.
Finally, last fall, I got away to my favorite coastal retreat. On my first sunny day there, I escaped to a familiar hiking trail. It was about sixty degrees out, sunny, and calm—the perfect day for a long walk.
The trail provided alternating views of dense forest and vast ocean vistas. It was a regular back-and-forth. First, I was walking through tall evergreen trees on a soft dirt trail occasionally marred with rocks and old roots erupting from underneath. It was so quiet I could imagine I was invisible — a part of the air around me. Sitka spruce and…
