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How I Relax On My Colombian Finca While Still Being Productive
Gardening is the ultimate relaxation.
The past couple of days have been a whirlwind. We finally moved into our new house, in the countryside of Colombia. While neither one has much stuff moving, it is generally exhausting.
I have been quite stressed for unknown reasons. Sometimes that is just how life is. Stressful, fun, crazy, and a bit off-kilter. The house has three bedrooms, and it is just me, my boyfriend and the dog.
Who has been on patrol. She paces the yard and surroundings about 100 times a day to ensure no one comes near me or the house.
She used to just lay and sleep all day. Now she has a job, and she seems much happier. This made me think ( I know shocking, I am thinking, again). My brain does not stop churning.
When I have no real “job” or purpose, I feel like I turn to mush, well, my brain turns to mush, and then I get bored. I have worked online for the past 3 years, but I lost my job during the pandemic. I was mush.
I was doing youtube videos, learning Spanish but yet had no real purpose. I found myself watching Netflix and anything that I could get my hands on. I walked at least 9 miles every day (my store was really far away, if anyone asks!).
I was not bored, but my mind was restless. That was before I discovered writing, of course. Now I feel like I have a mini purpose, even to just write once a day.
So since moving into the new house, I have been busy and tired, and it has been excellent. The yard needs a lot of work, and the house and organizing and maintaining a healthy relationship.
I went from zero to 100 within 4 days. Which is about how my life tends to go. Does yours? It seems that everything comes in waves, and I love that about life…
