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Written by Jesús
05 May 2015
A couple of days ago, a friend of mine told me a really good quote:
It made me smile. And think. Perhaps he is right, and perhaps he is wrong. Perhaps this is good, and perhaps this is bad. One of the things that I like about Sweden is that work is not necessarily seen as a bad thing, but rather a place to thrive and to work towards a meanwhile goal. Or simply as a way of making the world a better place by getting involved in a something worthwhile.
And what is a worthwhile goal anyway? What might be valuable to someone might be a ton of rubbish to someone else… If I went to a beach to chill out and get a tan, I guess that I could call suntanning work. Or?
Perhaps, in order to call it work, it should add value to the world in form of a contribution to others. But how do we measure this contribution? Perhaps, getting the tan would make me happier, and if I would spread this happiness wherever I went, by making others happy and in a good mood, I would add value in their lives by spreading happiness. They would be happier, and spread their happiness around in the same way. Would this be considered a valuable contribution? What if I don’t meet anyone that day? Does that mean that the suntanning is not valuable any longer?
Anyway, I have no clue, and definitely no answers. So I’ll just concentrate on the “holiday” part for this post 😛
Sometimes I work and study hard, and sometimes I chill out hard, to the point that I feel that I’ve mastered the art of chilling… So, what does a typical chilling day look like? The other day was a perfect example:
Waking up, drinking some tea, kissing my girlfriend, picking my bike and going for a forest ride.
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Stopping by the beach to get a tan and doing some handstands…
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Finding a quiet spot in the woods and setting up my hammock…
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Daydreaming, admiring the beauty of nature, learning some flashcards, listening to good music, making future life plans, listening to the birds…
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Going for a walk around the forest, finding interesting stuff… Like a chair in the middle of nowhere
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Or a cool graffiti on a rock
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Trying to climb some trees and hills and hurting myself in the process
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Finding another place to set up my hammock
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And waiting until the sunset, thanking the universe at every moment for how beautiful life is
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And coming home to have an amazing dinner with my girlfriend, after watching the sunset from my balcony
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I love life. I love holidays, and I love work. And I love Sweden 😀