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In high school I had daydreams of running into someone Swedish on the street so I could try out the Swedish I had spent so long studying in the summer. That never happened. In university, I was in a boating store one day looking at and dreaming about sailboats, when I saw a sea-kayak for the first time. From that day on I all but forgot about sailboats, and have had dreams of kayaking into the sunset, surrounded by nothing but trees and nature. That happened a few times, but my dream then changed to living someplace were I could do that whenever I wanted. When I started working, I read business books and had dreams of working with a competent group of smart, ambitious people, people who shared a common goal which we all cared about, working great together as a team. That never happened. A few years ago I started having day-dreams of being more-or-less my own boss, working on my own schedule, only taking on as much as I wanted.
This morning I woke up early, logged on to chat with a client in Japan, did a little work before I called it quits and headed to class where fifty smart, ambitions people who share a common goal which we all care deeply about worked together on a group project with little or no problems. It was a simple introductory project, but the energy was amazing. I finally know what it feels like to work as a team with people I can trust. After class, I came back, did a little more work, before heading out by bike to the local kayak club where we paddled around the beautiful archipelago I live on. We paddled for two hours literally into the sunset, all the while as I practiced my Swedish (I practiced listening more than speaking, but...)
It's amazing how so many dreams have suddenly come true, and to think, just a year ago I was miserable with my job and my life (other than Tomoe). So what do I have daydreams about now? Are my current daydreams an indication of what is to come... even if it takes ten more years?
Now I have daydreams of living exactly this life, (except in the dream I am no longer in school, I am working for myself full time) here in Karlskrona, or somewhere just like it, with my Kayak, and the birds, and Tomoe, in one of the many little houses on one of the many little surrounding islands.
Its nice when you are having daydreams about being where you are right now.... when you can stop still and say, yeah, its all good
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