WHERE ARE YOU NOW?

Costa Rica Cost of Living: A basil-berry martini at a restaurant with sweeping ocean views-$4

I often ask myself where would I be if I was back in the states at this very moment.  It usually places me in my office,  or stuck in traffic trying to get to the office, or wishing I could take a vacation and get out of the office.

It’s unfortunate that my working years were either obsessing about what happened yesterday or worrying about what will  happen tomorrow. I was never mindful of the actual moment. Possibly because the actual moment had me too aggravated to want to live in it.

So now I’m sitting on the beach and wondering where I’d be if I never took this chance. I think about my former self…that overworked person…and tell her it’s okay. 

She will soon end up here.

By | 2018-04-15T18:19:55-04:00 April 10th, 2011|Categories: Nature|Tags: , |4 Comments

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Nadine is the author of the best-selling series, Happier Than A Billionaire. Join her as she navigates living as an expat in the sometimes confusing, always beautiful, country of Costa Rica.

4 Comments

  1. Louis Harbour June 8, 2011 at 11:48 pm - Reply

    I don’t know whether you made up the slogan at the end of your video about visiting costa rica being better than an app, but it’s BRILLIANT!!! You should trademark that or something and sell it to the Costa Rica tourism board!!! I loved it!

    • admin June 9, 2011 at 8:20 pm - Reply

      Thanks, I just got off the phone with my sister and she was talking about how obsessed people are with their phones and their apps. I have even seen people sit at the pool at a fancy resort with their laptop. THEY ARE ON FACEBOOK. They come to the most beautiful place in the world and still can’t get disconnected from their electronics.

      Costa Rica has taught me to slow down and look around. Take in the present moment and enjoy the beauty. In turn, I’ve become a kinder and more patient person.

      It’s like medicine living here.

  2. Todd April 11, 2011 at 1:25 am - Reply

    Sitting on the beach reminiscing, this could be a new song for you.

    • admin April 18, 2011 at 7:27 am - Reply

      Absolutely, there is a new Jimmy Buffett in town!

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