Nick Vivion - Round 2
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How a Vacation in Mexico Could Save Your Life
I moved to Yelapa, Mexico in May 2008 from Brooklyn, New York. It saved my life.
I was living in a classic loft space with four roommates in Williamsburg. My room had no windows. We had 12-foot ceilings. One wall was a chalkboard. We watched movies on it, thanks to a projector. It was pretty damn cool.
I was also waiting tables in SoHo, feeling generally overwhelmed by the possibilities of New York City. I didn’t want to get a “normal” job because I prided myself on not being a worker bee, on being different, on not ever having a 9-5.
Instead, I ended up carrying drinks on my college degree for 80 hours a week for a crazy boss and unappreciative customers.
Then my friend Nicole mentioned that she was moving to Mexico to work at a hotel as a massage therapist. She casually dropped that her rent was only going to be $400 a month for a killer house with a view of the bay. And the village where she was working was only accessible by water taxi.
I quit my job the next day and I moved to Mexico.
While the random spontaneity did not surprise anyone, it wasn’t until I arrived in Mexico that I realized how much this decision had saved my life. I was stuck in a rut in New York City, living in a city that did not allow me to resonate at the right frequency.
For me, being in Mexico reignited a massive forest fire within. I got excited about things again, I began to approach the world more positively, and I rekindled my passion for long-term travel.
The food warmed me up, the people made me smile, and the atmosphere set me straight.
How about you? Where is that place that makes you feel right again? Where is that spot that recalibrates your energy and allows you to resonate at full capacity?
Once you find that place, remember it. Hold it in your heart and nurture it, because then even if you can’t go back to that place, you will have it there permanently. If you can go back to that place, go.
That vacation could save your life!
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Get there: http://www.visitmexico.com or fi,nd your bliss: http://www.maps.google.com
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