What would you do with 22 hours of light?
And what would you let go of?
Good evening!
It’s “midnight” in Iceland right now and the sky looks like this:
This time of year, there are only 2 hours of barely darkness (more like twilight), which I have found myself really enjoying. Tonight is my last night in Iceland, and it feels like I was able to see and do so much because of the 22 hours of daylight. I’m going to miss it tremendously when I head southward.
One thing for you to think about
If you lived in a place where it never got fully dark, do days really exist?
They didn’t to me. I lost all sense of time here in Iceland and not because I was on vacation. It was because I could do pretty much any activity, any time of the day. (Like this waterfall at 10PM on Monday a day that happened before I was last asleep).
Was it even 10PM?! My iPhone says so. But I felt one day becoming the next only when I’d sleep. Even then, I only slept a few hours and the sky looked exactly the same when I woke up as it did when I had fallen asleep.
In that sense, being in Iceland felt like I was in a dimension where time didn’t exist—or that time was just one infinite day.
If our lives weren’t so dependent on time, here’s what that might look like:
The numbers that represent our ages would be irrelevant and maturity would be the indicator of whether or not we were ready to do something
Letting go of age numbers would also free us from the “When I turn [30/35/40/50… etc.], that’s the end of my…”
We’d no longer have the “morning person” or the “night owl,” just people who have the ability to focus and get shit done
Discovery: Every day is an opportunity to learn more about yourself and others. Reflect on these ideas and consider sharing.
Two things for you to ask yourself
If days were irrelevant, are there any hamster wheels you’d be getting off?
Would you look at being your age any differently and/or would your age even matter?
Ideation: Use these questions as prompts and write down your responses and ideas.
One thing for you to try
Switch one thing you typically do at night with something you do in the morning (or vice versa). You can also try one thing you’ve put off because “you’re too old for that.” Observe how it affects you.
Experiment: Growth happens when you step outside of your comfort zone and make brave choices. Reply to this email or leave a comment and let me know how it went.
Signing off from Iceland 🪻🐴🪻—see you in Poland!
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