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Lexington - 3/10/17. 9°. 58' south. 108°. 09' west



I am on watch from midnight to 3 a.m. It is a little lighter on wind tonight. I have about 7 knots of wind and am doing about 6 knots of boat speed. We have a full or nearly full moon. It is amazing how well you can see with a full moon. Your eyes get adjusted and you can see much better than you think.
My mind is in neutral most of the time. By that, I mean that I try not to calculate everything about our progress and when we will arrive. I am just taking it a day at a time. Doing the radio call twice a day adds a little structure and responsibility. I am trying to study celestial navigation but by the time I have set up my fishing gear in the morning, had my coffee and checked my email, half the day is gone. That sort of sounds like how people describe retirement. I think Judy sent me off on this trip so she would not have to deal with me in the adjustment period of retirement. She also probably enjoyed the idea of getting rid of me for a while. It will be interesting to see how I feel and think when I get back. I do not know whether or not I will want to go back to work. The other side of that is who knows what I will think and feel like in a year after being on a sailboat for 15+ months. I have always wondered why companies and organizations did not have sabbatical programs. I would think that giving large chunks of time would decrease burn out. I would think having 3 months time off at age 40 to be spent for major professional enrichment, 6 months off at age 50, half for enrichment and half for pleasure and repeat at age 60 and 70 would be nice. I would think it would be good for companies and employees but in the USA we tend to focus on working more and more not less. I think I have read that in Sweden women get a year for maternity leave and the father gets 6 months. When my daughter Kelly was born, I was a resident at Mayo Clinic. I was on call the day she was born and then was in the operating room the next day. I do not know what is right. I sure think I get a lot more done than a lot of people. When I was a little younger, I would easily work 80 hour weeks without thinking a thing about it. I was self employed and wanted to work as hard and busy as I could. To me busy equaled success.
I sure did not say much on sailing. I rambled a lot. Did I make any sense? You will have to think on that.
May fair winds fill your sails with a sense of what is right for you. Bob

 


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