![]() It’s unnecessary to wax poetic about the power the ocean yields, but perhaps you’ve yet to experience the unique sound vacuum that occurs in between the crash of the most recent wave and the break of the next one rolling in. We’ve all heard about the restorative properties of being near the ocean, smelling the breeze, and watching the waves tattoo their constant rhythm on the shore. So I invite you to read on for a list of key reasons why I urge you to program some unprogrammed beach time into your next California escape. It took me about 0.0078 seconds after moving to California to realize why the state’s beaches get such rad recognition. I grew up a bespectacled, gangly child in Oregon (think: water too cold for swimming, beaches too rocky to enjoy, and weather so rainy you risked getting wetter outside the ocean than inside it). I’ll admit it – I’d never been particularly fond of the beach until I moved to San Diego in my mid-twenties. So when your hard-earned vacation days are at stake, why should you spend precious time at the Golden State’s beaches? After a decade working in IT, I’m really tired of computers and software.California JAn argument for programming some unprogrammed beach time in California By: Corey JayĬalifornia has it all: vibrant cities, breathtaking geography, award-winning wineries, evocative museums, and state-of-the-art performance facilities. I have no idea what my Slomo dream is… we are saving as much as possible, planning to do a very early retirement at the age of 40, and then I want to do volunteering work, preferably something very hands-on. Especially if you are motivated enough to start your own business, then of course do as much as you can with as little effort as possible. completely my own opinion, I’m sure there’s lots of good advice in there. I guess how it started out – he suggested that if you are employed, that you organise to work from home, automate your job as much as possible, and then get away with getting your job done with as little effort as possible. I really didn’t enjoy reading the 4 hour week – only got a few chapters in and then I stopped. What’s your “Slomo” dream? What’s holding you back (besides money) from living it? What would be your “Hey, that guy looks like a homeless dude on rollerblades!” nickname be? I’m skeptical of quite a bit of the advice and promised outcomes, but I think their main premise is sound: you should spend most of your life doing the things you love to do. I’ve been reading The $100 Startup and The 4-Hour Workweek off and on for the last two months. This topic of financial independence and the pursuit of happiness has been on my mind a lot lately. Had Slomo realized that his “success” was living off $30,000-$50,000/year to pay for rent, food, and a few pairs of rollerblades each year, I’m sure he’d have gladly hung up his lab coat a lot sooner. Success isn’t a “safe” corporate-ladder position. The way I’m choosing to look at his story is figuring out what happiness looks like now, what it’ll require to make it happen, and then doing what it takes to make it a reality within the next 5-10 years. ![]() The cynical way to look at this is that it takes earning tons of money doing something you hate in order to do what you want later. So one day, after a strange medical condition had finally inhibited his ability to do his medical job well, he said screw it. For the better part of his life, he was caught in the rat race at a job he hated with lots of material possessions that didn’t make him happy. The truth is, Slomo is a retired neurologist/psychiatrist. A lot of people assume he’s homeless or a panhandler or just straight up fried. If you don’t have the time, here’s the tl dr (too long didn’t read) summary: there’s a guy nicknamed “Slomo” who rollerblades up and down Pacific Beach every day. It’s 15 minutes long, but if you’ve got the time, it’s worth every minute. Since we’re high on productivity but low on time, I thought I’d post a video I found super interesting. I’m a to-do list kinda guy, so a week like this one makes me really happy. Oil change, DMV registration, inbox zero, replacing a dead Vespa battery, and taking our final rock climbing class. Joanna and I are playing catch up on a few things this week that we’ve been meaning to do for months. Well, Joanna just told me that she likes them so I guess I have to retract that statement. Speaking of peeps, if you like those weird marshmallow sugar bird things that appear around this time year, we can never be friends.
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