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Saturday, March 11, 2017

Everybody Do The Limbo

Well I guess it's about time for a blog post... or 6...  A lot has happened since my last post, and I do plan on writing about all of it here.  It won't all happen in one post, but I also don't plan on writing a multi-part post like I did back in December.  So keep an eye out for a few posts in the upcoming days / weeks where I'll essentially catch up on 2017.

The time leading up to our Costa Rica departure date, which ended up happening on February 23rd, was surprisingly more stressful than I expected it to be.  Where I was imagining a somewhat busy but mostly exciting and relaxing time as we prepared for our trip, I found myself unexpectedly stressed about what I should be doing with my time.  I wasn't feeling motivated to play poker, or to relax and watch tv, or to pick up any new hobbies, or to do really anything productive for that matter.

After this continued for a week or so, I started to worry and stress about the fact that I'd lost my motivation.  I've dealt with similar issues in the past, where anytime I was doing something productive I was wishing I spent more time relaxing, and any time I spent time relaxing I wished I'd spent more time being productive.  This sensation was different though.  When I finally had all the time in the world to do whatever I wanted, I felt little motivation to do anything.

After spending a bunch of time reflecting on this, I finally came to an acceptance of what was happening.  I was essentially in a period of limbo between one stage of life and another.  It was difficult for me to motivate myself to work on my poker game because I knew that in a few weeks I wouldn't be playing poker at all for a while.  I couldn't start any new productive ventures for the same reason.  Why start something new that I would have to abandon or at least put on hold in a few weeks anyway?



So I came to the acceptance that this is what the next few weeks would be like and thankfully this eased my stress a ton.  There was still the lingering thought of "hey, you're about to uproot your lifestyle AGAIN with a move to Costa Rica to become a divemaster" that brought me some stress, but that was mostly the good kind of stress that you get when you're excited about starting something new.

With the pressure of "doing something productive" off my shoulders, I found myself trying new things again that had piqued my interest before but had not yet had a chance to try.  I started playing Pot Limit Omaha online which is a variant of poker that I've been really wanting to learn.  Turns out it's a ton of fun and super addicting (in a good way, I promise) and I can't wait to work on that game in the future.  I also started reading a book, worked out a bunch, and spent a bunch of time preparing and over-preparing for the upcoming trip.

The two weeks leading up to our departure turned out to be more hectic than we expected due to the passing of Katie's grandfather.  Thankfully we were both in a position to be able to help out the family as much as we could, but it was a sad time for everyone.  Katie had such a rare and special relationship with her grandfather that made it really hard to say goodbye, but she also felt very lucky to have had the chance to develop such a close connection with him.

After a long weekend of celebrations, celebrating Dave Fitton's life, Katie and I completed our final preparations and packed WAY TOO MANY bags to head off to Costa Rica!  I have plenty more to write about for our time here, but I'll save that for future posts.  Looking forward to continuing the adventure!



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