And she's off, again
Jul. 18th, 2012 05:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hypatia42I just got the email from Delta saying it's time to check-in. More excited than I really have words for. I am going to visit loved ones. I am going to commune with the ocean. I am going to recharge and renew.
It struck me when I looked at that email that I made the decision to go to the west coast and not the east coast and IG. Either was possible. However, when I looked at the energy balance sheet there was no contest. I knew that going to the east coast would be energy output. There would be no recharging. There would have to be recovery time after a visit like that just to walk back into my daily life.
I have reached a point in my life where I am rarely going to commit to an event or relationship that is net-negative in energy expenditure. Even net-neutral is a hard sell. There are exceptions but most of them involve children or students. IG deliberately excludes both of those populations.
The west coast? Well, there is ocean there. :) And other benefits. KAPOW!
It struck me when I looked at that email that I made the decision to go to the west coast and not the east coast and IG. Either was possible. However, when I looked at the energy balance sheet there was no contest. I knew that going to the east coast would be energy output. There would be no recharging. There would have to be recovery time after a visit like that just to walk back into my daily life.
I have reached a point in my life where I am rarely going to commit to an event or relationship that is net-negative in energy expenditure. Even net-neutral is a hard sell. There are exceptions but most of them involve children or students. IG deliberately excludes both of those populations.
The west coast? Well, there is ocean there. :) And other benefits. KAPOW!