Today's post is for my brother so he can have some more material to make fun of me. He likes to remind me that I often contradict myself and send me "helpful" messages with memes depicting confused people. I've been having a bit of a second-guessing myself moment and am still not 100% sure what I'm going to end up doing. Perhaps it’s because I haven't been reading any self-help books for the last 8 days so now I just have my own head to figure it out in. I was confident in what I wanted to do and now for some reason I'm not anymore. Not that I don't still like organising and I may still end up going that way but I'm having some sort of wobble and I'm not sure why.
I was reading an article yesterday, Autumn holidays UK: 7 beautiful nature escapes for a weekend away, from hiking to glamping, because I fancy a nature holiday. I was excited by the first option of glamping in Wales until I realised it would cost over a thousand pounds for a week of sleeping under canvas. The next option, an adventure holiday in Scotland, was even more expensive at £3000 for four nights. Was thinking of taking Phil on an adventure expedition for his birthday but as I'm not earning anything right now it seems a little excessive.
As I kept reading, I found out about a career option that I'd never heard of. Apparently there's such a thing as an accredited forest bathing guide. For only £395 you can experience 2 nights of accommodation, dinner, breakfast a 55 minute spa treatment and a two hour forest bathing session topped off with a Japanese tea ceremony. I have to admit I'm strangely fascinated now by the idea of being lead on a forest bathing session by an accredited guide. I wonder what other strange and wonderful hidden nature careers are out there.
Maybe I can lead forest bathing walks in the woods near our house or an hour of creek staring followed with coffee and slice of cake in my garden. Or I could do cat petting sessions with purr analysation with my four cats. I often look at businesses and think, if I'd had that idea, I would have immediately dismissed it as nutty and presumed no one would pay for it. Maybe I'm thinking about life all wrong. Maybe if I charge ridiculously high prices and create a niche that no one has ever heard of, people will pay for it.
I'd just like to clarify that I'm not having a wobble about the organising business because I'm thinking of becoming a forest bathing guide. Although if I ever end up earning decent money, I might be tempted to run off to the Lake District and do a spot of overpriced bathing in trees.
My quote of the day is, “The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It’s the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun.” ― Napoleon Hill
My photo for today is of two of my four cats, Midnight and Ginger, sleeping on Isla's bed. For £570 you can book an hour slot with them to boost your mental health and listen to them purr.
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