Photo report: Vacation on the Sunny coast

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Written By Lia Paugsch

Right now I'm sitting on the white-painted wooden chairs above the beach, the wind and sea air are blowing my hair, the waves are rustling under me, the powdery oleanders are blooming around me, and although the beach is full of people and chirping children, it feels like the most perfect place in the world right now. I love the sea, seagulls, salty air, sand on the beach under my bare feet, waves, ships, dolphins... I just miss Loro terribly, because we did a girl ride with my mother and niece, and I would like to share these experiences with him.

I've always told myself that I wouldn't be able to live in a hot country, I prefer dry weather and I like diving in the snow more than in the sea, but this week in Bulgaria also showed me that I would enjoy it a lot. I would simply be in a cafe, in the shade or somewhere inside and create in the hottest part of the day, and at sunrise and sunset I would go for a swim or wander around. I want to write books. I have countless stories written in my life. I would like to become a writer and stop just dreaming about it... Thoughts are constantly swirling in my head that what is the right thing for me, what should I write about? What genre? What story? Will it be worth it? Won't that be a cliché? Won't it be a waste? I judge myself too much before I actually start something or take it to the next level. I chase away the joy of creating and writing and let the doubts that I don't have what it takes to write come to the surface. That I'm not good enough.

Most authors, if not all, struggle with these ideas, and together many of us create literature in the drawer. Julia Cameron wrote that very often boldness, not talent, makes one person an artist and another a shadow artist. They are artists who do not know their own identity and cast a shadow over other artists. For me, stepping out of the comfort zone - from the shadow to the sun - is such an honest confession, just like a vacation by the sea. Writing a blog is the gradual uncovering of a solitary soul that has been trying to hide in the safety of its pack and its cave for far too long. And I know that among my good friends there are many who keep their soul, creativity and secrets tightly guarded and are afraid to share these treasures with the world. It's scary and painful to reveal yourself to the world, but it's even more painful to live hidden in fear that you're not good enough. Because you are.

PS: I call that first photo "Grandparents supervision" 🙂

Lia Paugsch
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