PURE + 4th World + Central America Excursion

I have 3 MST ventures that I need to just wrap on up in the next few months.  I wake up every day thinking about them all--usually after a night of wildly vivid, terrifying nightmares that have nothing to do with the MST projects and everything to do with the fact that I have been living out of hotels, vehicles,  backpacks, and suitcases for the past 6 months + have no idea where my mail is even landing.  All good, though...all good.

Ah, but March 1 marks the end of this TV show and once that happens, watch out!  It's like I can finally see the end in sight of a long, long job and I can get back to all the good things that I have happening.

So, first up is PURE.  I leave on Jan. 17 for that Pilates/Volunteering Retreat.  It's down on Isla Mujeres and I cannot wait for the sunshine again (it is straight up dreary in LA).  Plus, my bud Captain Mad is back with his lovely sailboat and I gotta go into Manana and wolf some of their hummus and need a full smokin' tan and cannot wait for the foodie adventure that we're gonna bestow on the PURE guests.  Of course, the community Pilates class that Jen gave (for free, of course) was just epic.  They LOVED it...

Then comes Indo in March.  Gotta rock Phase 2 of 4th World Love and give all my buds over there some mad support for all their happy 09 ventures.  Maybe a couple of dives in my fave beach village, Candidasa.  Throw in a few days in Ubud at KAFE slurpin' their soy frapps...1 month is NEVER enough.

I'm back home in April and BEFORE I roll back up to Chicago, I gotta finish up my Central American trip.  That is all she wrote.  It is haunting me and I gotta just spend a coupla/few and finish it.  No distractions.  The primary focus is making it to El Salvador to scout out the next location for a 4th World community center.

Now, if I can start the summer off with those 3 doozies put to bed...I'm in real good shape.  And, the I can 100% focus on the sailboat.  Which, I think we all know what that means.  Warm tropical water, lots of rum, and remote villages down the eastern seaboard of CAmer.  Done and done!

Comments

[Misty]

Jimmy--well, if I had the answer to that one, my friend. I struggle with my lifestyle every single day internally...it's not all rainbows and unicorns and butterflies, that's for sure.
That said, what a lucky gal I am--rather, what a great life I've created for myself.
As for the $$ part of things--it's not that I make great money, it's that I know how to spend my money wisely (hello 3rd world countries, 10 year old truck, shopping at Target!)...and I do have a homebase in Chicago, but cause of how much I've been working, I've not been home in months. It's rough on the soul, that's for sure...
I am ALWAYS exhausted, but you better believe, the day the job ends, I am on the plane to a distant land, ready to blast through a new challenge. Gotta keep that spirit alive, you know what I mean?

[Jimmy]

A friend directed me to your site. Great one.
How do you manage work and life interests? I also have a job that consumes my life 24/7 for long stretches at a time and then some time off in between but I am usually exhausted in the down-time
you must have a very good paying job!
do you keep a permanent place or just wander?

[Shane C.]

Just gotta love it! Misty-your life is an idealic life I can only dream about; making it happen is something else. My career choice keeps me living in a hotel to hotel and I can only find not so ideal food. Being a trained cook, I guess my palate is a bit advanced and picky. All that I read here, is an inspiration that I too can change my life for the better and a 2009 resolution. Thank you for sharing.