Come, Dream with Me...

What are the top three things you'd do more of if time and money were no object?  For me the answers are easy:

•  Immerse in my favorite pretty places
• Spend more time writing
• Exercise more hours in a day & eat healthier

A few weeks ago I dreamed up this idea of a Writer's Retreat. Not a thing where we attend a bunch of seminars that may or may not be helpful, but an inspiring place to go where we are given the blessing of time to do the things we want to do.

Here's how I see it working.  First, we go some place serene and beyond beautiful.  Let's say...Sedona, Arizona.

 Then we follow a daily schedule something like:

7:30am: Gather for a 60 minute Cardio Workout

8:30am: Healthy breakfast that someone else prepares for us

9am - 6pm

Free time to schedule as you wish, including:

Up to 6 hours of writing time

60 minutes with personal trainer

At least 30 minutes walking

Eat healthy sack lunch provided at breakfast

Please bathe at some point

 

6:00pm: Healthy dinner that someone else prepares for us

6:30pm: Writing time and/or Crit Group meeting

9:00pm Gather for 45 minutes of Yoga

9:45pm Wine & Cheese on the terrace

Can you imagine?  If we did this for two weeks straight we'd have our books written/revised/whatever your goals are AND we'd look & feel amazing!  And you know we're going to love it so much, we'll want to do it again, so here are a couple ideas for the next destination:

The Cinque Terra, Italy

(which made a heroic recovery after devastating floods last fall)

   

or Varenna, Italy on Lake Como.  I can't decide...you pick.

 

 

And tell me, if it were your dream retreat, what would you add/subtract from the list above?