🏝 Nine days ago, I was on a plane to Gran Canaria. My suitcase included a laptop, several diaries, and a schedule packed with Zoom and mentoring appointments. I had two major projects to launch: an online platform for international career growth Path2Sparks
and SparksRetreats – business-oriented workshops in luxury destinations.
In the meantime, I also enrolled in a yoga retreat. I thought – I would wake up at 5 am, walk along the beach, do yoga, work for 4-5 hours, do meditation, and then work again.
Naïve. So naïve…🤷‍♂️😊
The weather in Gran Canaria is a perfect balance between late spring and early summer, never less than 22 or more than 24 degrees Celsius. We might experience that for only 20-30 days a year if we’re lucky. But here, it’s all year round..and that’s what disrupted my plans…😂🤦‍♀️
The first day, I stuck to the plan. I woke up at 5 am; the beach was empty. I did yoga on the beach and, of course, wanted coffee. Everything was closed until around 9 am.Still, ve managed to work quite productively that morning. Then, I went to a yoga retreat with many digital nomads hopping around. “Have a coffee with us.” “Okay, time for coffee.” Then we went to the beach – warm waves, a sandy beach…🏖🐍 I ended up sleeping at the beach for a few hours (!!!)– me, who never relaxes during hashtag#shavasana. Needless to say, the afternoon plans were ruined. Discipline, where do you go?🤔✨
The next day, when I had to wake up at 5 am, I pushed it to 7 am. I was definitely in a haunted place… I always thought discipline was my virtue… So, every day, the situation repeated: I worked in the morning, but by the time I went to the beach, all thoughts were slipping away and I was empty. I managed to run a few mentoring sessions and write a few posts. All the rest – nothing.
I’ve understood that we may complain about Dutch weather, but when the wind blowing at your back and the sky is grey, you end up being quite productive… Survival mechanism, perhaps…
I need efficiency. I need high productivity… So I` d rather stick to a place with not-so-great weather but with decent coffee available at 5 am😂

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