City energy

I made it to Hawaii yesterday after a long 6 hour flight. I was obviously very happy to be here and see my sister and friends. I did feel a lot better after checking into my hotel and getting some awesome poke. But I did feel a bit… well off. Part of this is likely because I was tired from the day and night before, and then the flight.

The bigger part I believe is that I needed to shake off the “city energy”. This is a concept that has come up in my meditation a bit. Most of us who live in big cities will run from thing to thing, always busy. It creates this mindset that I always need to be doing something and be productive.

When I landed yesterday in Honolulu, I definitely had a lot of that city energy. I immediately got back to my hotel, unpacked and organized. Got my laptop connected to the WiFi and closed a few workstreams leftover from the flight. Then immediately started building a checklist of things I needed to buy tonight.

I feel a lot better tonight after getting a good nights sleep. I’m finally starting to shake off that city energy and getting excited about lounging and doing a whole lot of nothing. I told myself that I would have an hour or two of laptop time just to get settled in and feel good. Then vacation mode can finally begin officially.