If I were the type of man…

… I sometimes wish I were, I’d find a nice female friend, cash it all in, and come down someplace like here in Çiriali and run a little pension on the beach. I’d make homemade marmalade from the oranges on the trees, lemon tarts from the lemons, ginger beer and my own wine for the guests and make it an eco-friendly chilled place buying local produce and having a chef make guests tummies and souls happy. Enjoy a slower pace of life and when not working, write like hell (when not totally distracted by the blue of the sea and the surrounding mountains).

I wonder whether it would be possible to run things and still be part of the world from the internet while running something here ? Could you even do something in the real world, being this far removed from it ? I’m amazed so far at how easy it’s been to have access everywhere. Do things really need to be as hyperlocal as people seem to think ? If not, why are the big cities seemingly becoming even more important than ever. Whatever happened to the promise of work from anywhere ?

I figure there is only so long you can work for an organization trying to reverse a lot of the horrors in the world and not have it get to you, no matter how positive your outlook. Every day is like adding another pebble to your pocket to carry, which seems inconsequential at first but grows to be immobilizing as you carry the combined weight of days.

Being out on the road has been so good for me. I forgot how much I missed just tramping around with a backpack and exploring places never been. I mean, would have been nice with an aforementioned female friend, but maybe the time alone is good for me.

It focuses. It distills. It clarifies. Things, thoughts and plans.

My legs are a still little sore from hiking up and down mountains and over ruins despite the amazing sleep I’ve had. I’ve had really bad insomnia for weeks on end, and it’s only been here so far that I feel like I’ve begun to reverse a couple of month’s worth of sleep deficit. And I can feel my body getting leaner and stronger (and quite tanned actually when I’m not burning) as I’m more active and less sedentary, as well as the weight lifting off my shoulders from the stress.

Anyway… just the little tangent for the day. Maybe just because I’m leaving today to head down towards Ka*s but m really feeling like I could just chill out here (despite the turn in weather last night) and get back to feeling like myself again.