Getting Away

Yesterday was a great day. A good portion of it was spent on the road, but once we reached our destination things were really good. It is nice to get away, and it makes me want to take more short trips away. Maybe a few places closer so it isn’t such a long day of travel.

There was a moment yesterday when I was walking done the streets of Gettysburg among holiday cheer that I felt the most relaxed I have in a long, long time. Hotel prices have gotten ridiculous but a weekend away every other month would be great for helping to focus during the week.

Last week was the last super busy week until Christmas. We are now through that week and this next week, while still busy, isn’t nearly as insane as the last few weeks. November through the first week of December was pure insanity. Multiple closings, social functions, meetings, and more. It was a wild and crazy time, and now we get at least a week or two of stability.

That is really what I want to focus on next. Creating a stable and functional environment to exist in. This is the key I have been missing. I think a lot of people forget to focus on stability. It is always about going onward and upward. Finding the next adventure.

The thing is if we aren’t prepared for the next adventure or recovered from our last adventure we’re setting ourselves up for failure. That is why stability is important. Let things settle and recover before bounding off to the next destination.

I am hoping for stability, but I worry that life is going to have other ideas. That I only have so much control over my own life and that life is just waiting to remind me of that. The universe isn’t a fan of stability. Trying to build a firm foundation feels impossible at times.

That is why we need to focus on controlling the controllable. We can only take charge of what we are in charge of. I can make my own life as stable as possible, and the world might try and shake me up, but I can continue with my own stability and perhaps be a force to right the ship I’m stuck on.

This weekend has shown me something. It has shown me that the key to having stability in life often involves getting away from life. Taking a small trip somewhere else and finding relaxation on a random street in a random place.