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margarita…perspective gained is very use- ful; when our minds are empty we receive useful and clear life guidance. Random thoughts and our own inner wisdom can provide more life direction than all the self-helps books at Barnes & Noble and Amazon combined. Listening to our inner guidance is worth all its weight in gold and the ideas, insights and perspective gained on vacation are worth capturing in a journal or by taking action. Using our newly gained inspiration to make benefi - cial changes when we return home can extend our vacation experience. We won’t regret it.


2. When we return home, unless we also live on an island, we can experience a version of seasonal affective disorder which I like to call ‘the white sand blues’. But try to recognize that nature is nature… warmth and sunshine, fresh air, blue sky and moonlit walks are not exclusive to remote locations and can rejuvenate the spirit anytime, anywhere. While the view from your Oceanside resort may have been breathtaking, mother nature provides breathtaking scenery outside your window every day…all we have to do is take the time to notice. The sunsets may not be as awe inspiring because you can’t see them dropping behind the ocean, but they are still quite beautiful and we can make a point of taking them in during our drive home each day…even in a rear view mir- ror if need be. It’s all in the effort. We can take a walk during lunch…pay attention to the breeze on our skin…get fi ve min- utes of outdoors every day no matter the time of year…absorb the spectacular show of fl owers, trees and foliage in its many natural landscapes…listen to the birds… hike our local mountains, walk nearby trails and waterfalls, beach it for a day: the possibilities are endless. Allow the same heart opening connection to mother earth to happen at home as we allowed on va- cation. The only difference then was we were taking the time to put it into our day and maybe we had a drink in our hands while wearing fl ip fl ops but still…even for a moment each day; do it again.


3. Don’t stop connecting – we made time to connect with our loved ones while we were away. It brought back laughter and honesty. Don’t stop…make time; shut off the TV and talk, play games, take a walk together, sit around a bonfi re, call your friends (don’t text)…talk, talk, talk. Our everyday lives make it so easy to take eachother for granted and we miss important moments being consumed with


unimportant tasks…they can wait…laun- dry gets done, bills get paid, trash will get picked up but people disconnect…make time to sit together, eat together, laugh together, love together.


4. Assemble memories and relive happy moments. Create a photo album…a real live, touch it in our hands, turn the pages, leave it on the coffee table photo album. Develop all the pictures from everyone’s cameras the old fashioned way…put all the pictures together and create a story of the time away and look at it often. It will bring back smiles, conversation and lots of feel good moments. And by the way… pick favorites and frame them for the walls! Walking past what’s possible every day is a great reminder of that authentic self we fi nd so easy to lose.


5. If we started reading books on vacation… fi nish reading them…set aside some time each day…even ten minutes and keep reading. When that’s done…start another book. Reading takes us on mini vaca- tions…whether we are reading a self-help publication, a smutty novel or the latest


political biography we lose ourselves immersed in someone else’s version of ‘how to’, ‘how it was done’, or ‘holy how wow’. Our brains, bodies and spirits relax when we are spirited away in attention and books do just that. Read before bed, read at lunch, read on a break…just read. Besides, even a smutty novel has at least one new thing we can learn and learning expands our think- ing…expansion of any kind brings us closer to that feeling of newness and fun like vacation.


6. Once a week, take a play break… we can grab someone we love and go for a massage, get a spa treatment, go for drinks, sit outside and listen to live music, accept an invitation with friends. The point is to break our routine and fi nd somewhere to get in touch with our playful selves…lose the tie, let our hair down, release our personal rules, be silly, drop pretense, make mistakes…tell the truth, be creative, dance, open our hearts. Play dates are mini vacations… we need them to recharge…it’s good for every part of us!


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