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It has been an interesting day. Woke up semi-late. For me, that means 8 or 8.15. I probably slept for 12 or more hours. Ahhhhh. A blast. For sure. Slowly crawled out of a sleeping bag and the cold of our basement garage sprung through my veins. Yes, I’m currently crashing at my friend’s place with a big ‘homeless’ sign over my head and a big smile over my (still) burnt cheeks from Indonesian sun. For those how have been up to date with my adventures, cheers to you, for those who haven’t; this is for you.
I hopped to Bali for 3 months. Wrote a lot. Took thousands of photos. Then took some more. Manifested more business and bookings coming my way, through daily meditation and yoga practices and it has all been answered. I worked, I enjoyed the sun. And ah… I surfed a lot. I’ve been falling in love with surfing, the movement, style and my passion for the sport has only been growing. Experienced heartbreak and grew a little more.
Practiced self-love and more self-discovery. Whatever that means. Came a bit closer to the idea of what I want in life. Been trying to put together a decent plan for next year, business-wise. Instead, I kept googling places to surf and ski for 2019, depending on how big my gigs will get with the upcoming new year’s expectations. A girl can dream, I’m pretty sure.
Currently, this list covers what I do for ‘work’ ;
– photography (adventure(outdoors), commercial, lifestyle, sports, Instagram content, and brand promotion)
– website design (pretty self-explanatory I would say, if you know someone who’s in need of a website, don’t be afraid to shoot me an email! got some specials coming for the holidays)
– affiliate marketing links and collaborations with different brands
– online work for this awesome travel company (psst…we’re launching soon)
– selling prints!
– social media consulting for new, upcoming brands
My weekly workload changes throughout the months, but that pretty much sums it up. I like to keep it busy, but not overwhelmed.
Back to my friend’s place.
Their basement is spacious and filled with all the Squamish props. Mountain bikes, skis, split boards, my surfboard and everything that I own, neatly organized in blue boxes from Walmart. All my belongings have been packed away and safely stored in that garage for over 4 months now and I haven’t missed or needed any of it.
As I slowly crawled out, I made my way to the kitchen and set a whole pot of water to boil. When that is in the process and tea water starts to heat up, I go to the window, as I do every morning and stare at the mountains, surrounding the little town of Squamish. With dreamy eyes, I wonder. We are lucky. Lucky and determined. Focused to survive in the place of high rental prices and overpriced organic food stores. Working our butts off to make a decent living, that will provide us with enough cash to afford this place.
And it’s all worth it. Every Cent spent. We know that is worth it when we ski down the freshly snowed hills or climb the best granite walls in the province. We know how much worth it, it is when we drive the Sea to Sky highway and we’re in the mountains, yet next to the ocean. When we enjoy wild salmon for dinner and meet our friends at one of the local breweries. People. Artists, entrepreneurs, athletes, ski bums, climbing lovers and peace seekers. People make Squamish as awesome as it is.
And I wouldn’t change it for anything.
Even though, sometimes it might seem like I’m running around the world and can’t settle down. For a while, I really firmly believed that was my destiny. To keep seeing different cultures and seeking famous surf breaks around the world. But having a loving home, full of light and laughter to come back to, is what my heart is really been after. I’ve been describing Squamish as my ‘base’ in the last few years, but to be honest… that makes it sound like a job. It makes it sound like it’s my duty to come back here, but it isn’t. I think it’s a privilege. Something that I should appreciate more. Well, I’m appreciatively and proudly saying that I have a loving adopted family, my dad and some other awesome people who I’m close to who live in this place. Partly why I’m in love with it, is because of my people.
ONCE AGAIN. I keep trying to talk about my day and my mind keeps on drifting away. I think this really calls for a meditation session. Yesterday was a good day. Got together with some friends and drove to Vancouver to ski Grouse mountain. Which turned out to be closed, so we ended up going back to Squamish and drank more tea. Sometimes, the simplest days, bring out the best questions in ourselves. Today I’m happy because: It is cold and sunny. It’s my best friends birthday, happy birthday Andrea. I get this awesome weekend to spend with my family. And I take a plane to Argentina on Tuesday morning.
Alenka
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