Peace, puts things in perspective and place

And today was my first Scuba Dive ??

Good day fantastic human and thank you for 5 minutes of your time and energy.

In the previous post “Guess whose back ” I openly discussed how I had taken a break, almost reaching burn out. Which shows again that I am not an expert on this topic of Budgeting Energy and am learning myself. At the same time, one of my main focuses has always been to find energizing environments and activities and then creating good habits to get yourself into these recharge stations.

This is not me in the picture above, but, I am very proud to say that I finally ticked off this item from my bucket list and got my Open Water Diving license, and if you did not know that I am living in the Seychelles at the moment, so I would be absolutely silly not to get it whilst here.

However, this is not a brag post, there is an idea that came to my mind when I got back, and that idea is in the title with all those P’s.

I have been in search for peace for quite a while, and have found touches of it throughout my search, diving was certainly one of the times that I enjoyed it too, and it most definitely made me think about perspective as well as put many of the thoughts in my mind in perspective.

To start with perspective. It all changes in the ocean, if you are not aware, sound travels faster, objects seem larger and closer. Pressure changes, currents control your movement. All of these, plus the realization that you are the slowest and most useless thing in this environment, you are an outsider and an observer, this is a truly humbling feeling and that is something that helped me put a few things in perspective. It made me think about the problems I have and how much emphasis I put on them and how much energy I waste by being consumed in them, and it also really made me realize that I am not in control of every situation that happens in my life, sometimes the current of life will pull me in a way I did not plan and somewhere on this dive and adventure called life I will get some water in my goggles and in all these instances I cannot react without thought and I cannot just swim up to the surface (this will cause serious injury) so I need to breathe slowly, adjust and carry on or “go with the flow”. I believe that life can be like this, We are often not as important as we make out to be, often we are observers in an environment that we are not familiar and need to make some calculated adjustments in order to carry on with the adventure. I believe applying this perspective can be very beneficial.

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Moving onto peace. Peace is definitely something I chase and it is also something that has many different forms. It is not as straightforward as the absence of sound. You can have no sound and have no peace plus you can have noise around you and still be completely at peace. I believe peace is a state of being and my perspective on what I am searching for has changed, as I have got a little older, to being at peace rather. I have spent a lot of time trying to get away from my phone notifications and distractions, and sometimes that has lead me to be anxious about the lack of notification or look at my phone without any need or notification. I have become better at this over time as you can read about in some writings and my phone is next to me right now, but it is not a distraction or an attention grabber. Going into the ocean, there is none of that of course.

When I first started going down and in the beginning of the dive, I was still adjusting to this new environment, I was breathing and adjusting buoyancy, maybe a few arm and leg movements too many, but this is all part of it. Once I got into the dive I moved slower, a was breathing slower and steadier, I was going with the flow instead of kicking or swimming. By settling in I focused on the environment around me, the shoals of fish, the Octopus changing color, the shark roaming the ‘streets’, the anemone providing security and shelter for the clownfish and the batfish curiously following me around coming closer and moving away. Whilst observing all of this I realized how consumed I was in observing my surroundings. I still heard the air coming into my lungs from the tank of air on my back. The mouth piece still blew bubbles in front of my mask. I had constant beeps from my dive computer on my wrist and some other divers GoPro cameras. I still had to squeeze my nose to equalize, remember to breathe constantly through my mouth, not only is it necessary to keep breathing and not hold your breath but if you breathe through your nose like I am doing right now then you mess with the seal on your mask and let salt water in. All of the above was going on, but I was at peace. I was curious and calm and I was completely submerged into my experience.

It is worth finding a recharge station. It could be sitting on a mountain, riding a bike, playing guitar, snorkeling, writing, playing a sport, performing exercise and so many more. Find these activities and environments and ensure that they stay part of your energy income. you might not need it every day or week, depending on how fast you spend your energy, however I would suggest that you are very aware and conscious about your energy bank balance and understand when you are in debt or close to have none left. Get into the habit then of using these recharge stations to stay as far away from energy debt as you are comfortable with.

Like a family that has achieved generational wealth and the ability to use their time to focus on each other and opportunities or maybe go scuba diving rather then where the next buck is going to come from or when the next bill needs to be paid, you are able to achieve the same concept with your energy by making it a habit to budget time for your recharge station and to be at peace, put things into perspective and place.

GoodB.Y.E. for now !