A Day at the Office

#3PiecesOfWisdom 07 October 2020:

• When things go wrong, don’t panic and give up—own it and make a decision.

• If your life isn’t the way you want it, what will you do to get on track?

• Don’t mourn or regret bad choices. Use them as fuel for better decisions.

Not a beer.

A Day at the Office

Yesterday we spent the day working from Stockade Lake, in Cussler State Park, South Dakota.

I have to admit, South Dakota is nothing like I pictured it. Parts of it are—wide, open, miles of barely anything. But here, near the Black Hills, it’s simply one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been.

I have to admit, it’s an amazing privilege to be able to spend time in places like this, doing my work from an office that includes lakes and trees and mountain vistas. It’s just beautiful and inspiring.

We’ve done some of the touristy stuff—Mt. Rushmore, the Cosmos Mystery Area, the Crazy Hours monument. But I think what I’m loving most is packing up in the mornings and finding some place stunning to work for the day. There’s something to be said for taking a break to look out at glorious nature.

We are here in South Dakota for just a few more days, and then it’s off to Colorado, where we’ll spend about a month before rolling on to Utah for Thanksgiving. I expect that between now and then, there will be more beauty, more things of interest to explore, more life to observe and to live.

Today I have some things on my plate that will keep me heads-down for a bit. But I do get the honor of being able to look up at tall pines and blue skies, from time to time.

As offices go, I can’t picture a better one.