“You must be so busy.”,
“I bet that developing an island from scratch leaves little room for other activities.”,
“It must take all of your time.”

Friends and relatives are often the best to find us excuses.

And so I felt like I had no time to blog anymore.
And so I felt like I had little room for other activities.

Yesterday, I walked on the jetty, and sat on the hammock.

I looked up towards the beach, to look at all the work we accomplished so far.

Of course, the first thing I saw was all the work that needed to be done, and how “late” I felt we were.

Even though I didn’t really know what “late” meant, here.

As I took a deep breath, I managed to switch.

It’s amazing that we managed to accomplish so much, in less than a year.
It’s amazing that everything is actually going so well, without any major setback.
It’s amazing that this little dream of mine, is actually happening, right here and right now.

Let’s take a minute to be grateful, and appreciate when things go well.

Am I actually so busy?

Or am I using people’s expectations of how life probably is for me here, as an easy excuse not to do those other things that matter to me?

I do have a lot of downtime.
Heat dictates when we all take a break.

And yes, I also have room for other activities.
Especially for writing, which helps me process everything.

We don’t have to struggle where people expect us to. It’s fine to do great, and to feel like things are easy sometimes.

The reward is not in the pain.
The reward is in the process to get somewhere.

People’s expectations are theirs.

We don’t have to make those our reality.