It’s early, I’m hungover and working on 4 hours of sleep, and I just went through airport security. I should be miserable right now, but I can’t manage it.
Nothing but good thoughts in my head.
Looking back, I’ve got the past month of freedom. Amazing month, really. I really think I could handle retirement. I’m pretty good at it. And looking back even further, I’ve really begun to appreciate my last two years in NYC. I maintain that it’s not a place I could see myself living long term, but it’s an amazing city that everyone needs to experience.
Looking forward, I’ve got this unknown adventure. There are tons of places I want to see and tons more that I haven’t even heard of yet. Once I realized that there’s no way to actually see and do EVERYTHING (if I wanted to see all the must-sees that I’ve been told about, I’d still be on this trip in fifty years), I saw the beauty in not having a plan. Whatever I end up doing, I can claim that was the plan all along.
And hell, the immediate present isn’t too bad. I’ve got Neil Diamond singing Red Red Wine, free wifi and some delicious smoothie type thing. Me gusta bien.