{"id":1390,"date":"2022-01-01T16:36:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T21:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phildu.be\/puravida\/?p=1390"},"modified":"2022-01-02T20:06:47","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T01:06:47","slug":"2022-a-new-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phildu.be\/puravida\/2022-a-new-start\/","title":{"rendered":"2022, A New Start"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When is the best time to plant a tree? The textbook answer to that is 20 years ago but, the second best answer is today. The same goes for changing your life.<br>If I had a chance to talk to my 18 year old self I would tell him\/me that there is far more to life then accumulating possessions. My houses were always beautiful but they were never homes. They never felt lived in. I worked long days to pay for the big house, the sports car, the boat and the other accoutrements of materialism but, I never lived. I thought those things were important but I was wrong.<br>The thing that is important is to have a dream and to follow that dream. Five years ago I decided to follow my dream. As a lover of all that is beautiful about nature, my dream was to build a little house in the woods and spend my time as close to nature as I could. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1391\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/phildu.be\/puravida\/2022-a-new-start\/20200628_140234\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/phildu.be\/puravida\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20200628_140234-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G973W&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1593352955&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00056980056980057&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20200628_140234\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/phildu.be\/puravida\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20200628_140234-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/phildu.be\/puravida\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20200628_140234-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1391\" width=\"196\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phildu.be\/puravida\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20200628_140234-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/phildu.be\/puravida\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20200628_140234-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/phildu.be\/puravida\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20200628_140234-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/phildu.be\/puravida\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20200628_140234-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/phildu.be\/puravida\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20200628_140234-1280x1707.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/phildu.be\/puravida\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20200628_140234-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><figcaption>Home iin the Woods<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I made that dream come true and for the first time in my life I felt that I was home. I loved my life up here in the woods immensely but, I am growing older and I realize that my love of nature is somewhat affected by weather.<br>I am going to start over once again and follow my dream in Costa Rica. Yes it rains in Costa Rica but, rain at 25\u00b0 C is more fun then snow at &#8211; 40\u00b0 C.<br>I will arrive in Costa Rica in a few days to find a place to live.<br>&#8230;.to be continued<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When is the best time to plant a tree? The textbook answer to that is 20 years ago but, the second best answer is today. 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