Sunday was our last day in Bora Bora. After a delicious breakfast, we made our way to the lovely beach to rest and read. Here are some photos of the beach we enjoyed so much.
On the beach I read Get out of Your Mind and Into Your Life. It’s an amazing self-help book about acceptance commitment therapy. It heavily uses mindfulness too. The basic premise is that rather than fighting the wars of anxiety in our head, we can learn to accept those wars and let them rage when they rage, but have our focus not on the war in our minds, but on living a values driven life. It was very timely since on the last day of the trip, my demons really came out to play and my anxiety was extremely bad. Still, I had a marvelous day and in addition to resting and reading, I had a nice snorkel swim at the resort.
Also, Lily read and rested on the beach. I think she read about 3 books end to end, and worked on or finished three other books. Some of the books she worked on were:
- A Biography of Brigham Young
- A Stable Genius, a book about Trump’s presidency so far in the whitehouse
- How to change your mind, a book about Psychedelics and mushrooms by Michael Pollen
- A book about Harvey Weinstein written by the whistle-blower who got him finally exposed
I realized I hadn’t taken many pictures in the second half of our trip, so I got some more pictures just to help us remember how beautiful Bora Bora is.
Bora Bora was such a beautiful trip. Just before our boat-ride out, we chatted with one of the managers at Le Meridian. He changes locations with Marriott every two years, and he affirmed to us how special Bora Bora is, even compared to the other exotic places he’s been stationed. This was a once in a lifetime trip, must needed rest and processing, and cherished time with my wonderful wife. I thank God, Team Spartacus, Qualtrics and all those who support me (especially Lily and the rest of my family) for making this all possible. My biggest hope in light of this trip is to qualify again next year for Costa Rica and to have at least one of the hard working members of my team and his/her guest to join me and Lily.
Here is a video Google photos compiled of our amazing trip.
After catching the boat to the airport, we started our 24 hours or so of travel. We caught a 7:20 flight to Tahiti, and then killed 3 or so hours at the airport while waiting for the overnight flight.