a Postcard from the Galicia coastline
Hi friend,
A second postcard in the same month! No more recipes though, that was a rare find.
I hope you're doing well, and maybe even starting to make plans for the summer holidays. (Or winter holidays, if you're in the Southern hemisphere.)
I’m cycling in the Galicia region, far west of Spain on the Atlantic side. It’s woodsy, with abundant seafood and decent road conditions. It drizzles now and then, just enough to keep the temperature cool. I’m piggybacking on the infrastructure of the Camino de Santiago while following a route that I created myself.
This is an excellent way to travel. It’s one of those things that was only obvious to me in hindsight. Many years ago, while hiking the Tour du Mont Blanc, I was Very Impressed that so many people could hike hut-to-hut for 170km. Such energy! Such stamina! And so much time off from work!?
I realized quickly that plenty of people were not doing the whole loop. They would fork to a shorter route home, or do it across multiple years. You did whatever was enjoyable and there was no concept of "less than" or “cheating”. This was your game to play and no one else’s.
It’s not like a marathon, where you need to run 42.195km to know you did the thing versus tried.
And even then… at the Eroica event in Tuscany last fall, I met a group of cyclists who said they'll probably finish in a bar. They would have their fun, which didn’t need to include crossing the finish line. This seemed to me a more admirable Way of the Amateur than the guy who’d had enough and was waiting curbside for his wife/driver to pick him up...
So yes, we make our own adventures. What's a constraint that once removed, may help you embark on one?
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Our invitation to join the Money Game still stands, as per my last Postcard. It's May 23rd 18:00-21:00 CEST or May 30th 17:30-20:30 CEST and you can sign up here.
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I’m running another edition of The Anatomy of an Engaging Workshop on July 20th. This is a great bang-for-your-buck lesson on the fundamentals of designing a hands-on learning experience.
We used to call it Turn Your Talk into a Workshop but lots of people were coming for a broader remit so we’re trying this new name. As always, I look forward to working with the people who find their way to Women Talk Design's events. WTD does such a good job of keeping a finger on the community's pulse and tailoring the programming for what works.
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Bewilderingly, I am running low on "Cool things by friends" to share. Please send me your linkable news!
Talk soon,
Tomomi
Sleep anywhere.