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I dreamed that I was alone in a third-world country, doing my usual work/vacation thing, living minimally like a native to the country. But instead of treating my time there as an opportunity for adventure, I found myself obsessed with the fact that I was losing track of things. Things from my suitcase were vanishing, I had completely lost track of my expense records, and while I had plenty of cash in my pockets that I hadn’t touched, the fact that I was focusing so hard on keeping track of lost things was making me angry all the time and was spoiling what should have been a fun adventure.
A metaphor for my present life, perhaps.
*EDIT*
It occurs to me that I have traveled all over the world on business, but my most enjoyable trips have been with a buddy of mine when we chase solar eclipses to some location on the planet where they happen to cross some interesting place we’ve never been before. These trips are really high points in my life. We live minimally, sleep in local, very low cost accommodations, eat whatever we find when we're hungry, and generally make the entire trip a side trip as we target some local areas of interest but otherwise completely wing it. My buddy does all the general planning (Wednesday and Thursday is the port of Valparaiso and the home of Neruda) and I bring cash and an open curiosity and a drive for adventure.
It occurs to me that it is the part of my life that comes closest to Smilingeye's description of a Te-Fi Dual pair, where "Te gives protection and public face, Fi gives the content and the motivation."
"Get back, Jojo, to where you once belonged".
Last edited by Adam Strange; 02-07-2021 at 02:42 PM.
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