elBenbo is a Baggins not a Took
Recently I did the unthinkable to most people I told about it:
I turned down a speaking gig in Italy.
Gasp!
Oh noes!
“Ben why wouldn’t you want to go travel to Italy and Europe?? Are you daft, man!”
Yes, daft.
And, also not the world traveler type.
I don’t even like traveling inside the U.S. much less want to be on a crowded plane for 12 hours or whatever. Plus, I don’t like leaving my dog for long periods of time anymore since she got the arthritis recently.
But, those are just superficial reasons.
The main reason is I simply hate leaving home.
I *like* where I live — this small coastal drinking town with a big fishing problem. Even with the brutal wind and rain these last couple years, I dig on it. Like Bilbo Baggins, I don’t really want any adventures, they make one later for dinner, yo.
Instead, I prefer to be at home.
In my chair by my warm hearth (I don’t have a hearth but if I did…)
Eating and amusing myself with whatever.
elBenbo is definitely more of a home-body Baggins than an adventure-seeking Took.
Thus, I don’t have this American bug to have to travel everywhere.
Anyway, I don’t know why you should care about this, either way.
Except, it illustrates that when you have your email game down tight, where you get up, send an email, and are basically done with the main part of your day, you can pick and choose any kind of lifestyle you want — whether it be holing yourself up like a paranoid recluse (like Yours Unruly) or traveling all over hellz and gone.
To learn my email methods go here:
Ben Settle
