I Step Into the Great Unknown- With a Ball & Chain I Call My Own.

Posted on May 14, 2013 by svmysticlady

[Sorry guys! I know it’s been a long while!
You know how it is when life catches up with you!]

We’re free.

Except the back part of my brain that continues to repeat what  society says I should immediately get a job, get bills, and pay ’em. That is supposed to be my new life as “the college graduate”. How fun.
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Instead, I’m going to enjoy myself. As I prepare for the first sail of my life, I have a lot of thoughts running through my mind but someone once told me:

“If you are depressed, you are living in the past,
if you are anxious you are living in the future”.

The only time to be happy is now. I keep hearing people “someday”, and to us it seems silly to wait until someday. All of our hard work is finally paying off. With Dan working 12-hour-seven-day-weeks, life was becoming monotonous and the light at the end of the tunnel was not yet in reach. Now it is. The time has come for the first BIG sail of my life! As I step into the great unknown…

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Many updates & pictures to come!

About svmysticlady

Hi there! My boyfriend Dan recently purchased a Cape Dory 30 Ketch sailboat. We are in the process of restoring it so we can sail south for winter to the Bahamas, Virgin Islands and wherever else the wind may blow us. I am completely new to the sailing community, but Dan has been doing it his whole life. He grew up in Seattle, and I grew up at the Jersey Shore. We met in Key West, Florida. I love to write and want to share my experience with all of ya'll as a beginner in the sail community. Our two dogs are along for the journey! So, here it goes! Thanks for support! Advice/Comments are encouraged! =] Love & Light- Jackie, Dan, Stella, & Jackson
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2 Responses to I Step Into the Great Unknown- With a Ball & Chain I Call My Own.

  1. newenglandwaterman says:
    May 15, 2013 at 3:08 am

    As someone who graduated, drank for several more months, and now works eight months a year while looking at pictures of his sailboat…………you’ve got the right idea, go sailing.

    Reply
  2. Amberlee says:
    May 17, 2013 at 3:17 pm

    Congrats on graduating and sailing on to new adventures!!!

    Reply

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