Hello and welcome to another episode of the Rhythm of Expression podcast. And we're still doing things a little bit different because it's summer why not? And so I am at my brother's place again, I have been house and pet sitting. And one of the lovely things that they have at their place is a pool. And I tried to hang out in the pool over my lunch hour earlier in the week and it just was so scorching that I just couldn't handle being out in the sun much, mostly because I burn very easily and there wasn't, there's no shade a- around the pool at lunchtime, it is just blasting at you full, full sun. And so I decided to try and go in the pool yesterday at the end of my work day but Mother Nature decided that she was going to start dropping some water drops and I thought, “No, I'll wait and try again later.” And then I took off the swimsuit and it got sunny again for a moment. But I just decided to wait until today. But I digress.

Today's episode is called The Power of Place. And this is a subject that has been heavily on my mind for many years as I am living in the house, where I lived with the ex spouse and there's a lot of energy there. That was really not very good. And I've often wondered if, you know, being somewhere else would just be better. A fresh clean start somewhere where those memories at least didn't reside for us. And they one challenge to that is in my area it's really difficult to find real estate available. Rentals are close to impossible to find. And it's also difficult to actually find properties available to buy also recently. And in general, we live in a place that, you know, where depending on which area you live, your child can go to multiple different elementary schools and the house that we are at right now, we specifically chose to be in that specific place because we really heard great things about that school. So it served a purpose, most definitely. And I am grateful for all of the time all of the years that we did have there. However due to the things that have happened to me recently, within the past few years, I really physically am not able to do all of the things that I would like to do there. And there are some things that really need to get done at some point and I just, I'm not sure if that's my thing to do. So you know, I was doing investigating and I've contemplated moving many times and so I've also had the opportunity to start traveling again. And so just being in a different place and feeling that different energy is such a huge thing. You get to go somewhere else and be somewhere else, someone else for a little while. And that can be very refreshing, especially if you feel stuck or stagnant or, you know, there's some part of your life that just isn't really going the way that you want it. Yes, you can call it an escape. Okay, maybe. 

I've actually used those times where I've been house sitting and pet sitting at someone else's place to kind of rest and regroup and I generally come away at the end of the stay with a fresh perspective on things sometimes. I've even encountered a bit of growth and had maybe some aha moments and those are oh so helpful because then you can make better informed decisions on new directions that you may want to take. One of the things I was fortunate enough to travel to Ireland at the last quarter of 2017 and that just was an absolutely amazing experience. Many people will tell you that if they travel there the people are lovely it is a very rich, cultural place, which some in some areas, it kind of feels like it can be lacking. And you know, maybe that's also just because you're not getting out and doing the things in your local area. I know that that's been a challenge for me physically, to be able to get out and do those things that are going on locally. Again, thankfully, I have seen a tremendous improvement in my ability to do more than just work and rest and sleep...