the idea: spend the longest day of the year at the beach reading incredible books

For some people, this may not be a brand new concept, but for me it was truly revolutionary.  There are a couple reasons.

1.) I am not good at relaxing.  I have so many ideas and they make me so happy that I rarely want to step away from them, but sometimes it’s just necessary.

2.) Until very recently I didn’t have a car, so getting to the beach was extremely difficult.  Today, I had to get over the hurdle of being comfortable just getting in the car and not exactly knowing my destination.  This wasn’t quite as romantic as it sounds, I had a GPS and before I left had done some serious Googling, but still, for little miss Boston-bound, it was a big step.

3.) I went alone.  A few years ago, the thought of going alone somewhere that most people went in groups would have taken the whole thing out of the question.  Instead, I would have stayed home and, if it were a good day, made art.  Now, for a long time this was actually a very helpful mindset because it helped me make a lot of art, but today was time to change that.  I slept in, looked up the beach, got in the car, and spent the afternoon by myself amidst a crowd, accompanied only by a book and a notebook, and it was wonderful.

Here’s to steps forward.