The older I get (wish I was getting wiser at the same exponential way I'm gaining wrinkles! lolol) the more precious time is to me and that I spend that time doing the things I want to do. Of course there are still things in my life that are more compulsory, like work, but for whatever reason my current work is a path that I've been on for so long there has to be a reason I couldn't "escape" it lol

My thoughts on Hive are that it gives me total freedom (within reason) to express whatever I want. I have long had a love-hate relationship with writing, but I know it is something I need to do for me to truly be me. To truly be all that I should be and to enjoy fulfilling contentment, I need to write. Every time I've abandoned writing and tried to ignore that it exists in me, I've deeply regretted it and I hope not to make that mistake again. I'm finishing up my Masters next month and I swear I will NEVER write another word because I have to, rather because it is want I desire to do.

As I walked I found my shoulders drop and the tension drain away; I felt more myself

Isn't this just the most sublime and glorious feeling!?!?! The moment I walk through the door for jiu jitsu my body literally and visibly relaxes and my tension melts away. I feel the same way when I'm in the woods and swamps and the moment I smell salt water from Mother Ocean. It is a beautiful thing, my friend!