I have a friend who built a very large, fabulous home at the edge of the ocean, and then he moved to the beach. You may, then, wonder why I have entitled this column "You Can't Live at the Beach." This is because in my friend's mind - just as many of us would think - living at the beach is a wonderful thing; because we have all had idyllic sunny days and grand star-filled nights with the gentle breezes blowing and the waves rolling in and caressing the soft sand.
If the beach does not do it for you, maybe it's the mountains or the lake or whatever wonderful place you go to get away from it all and experience recreation.
Recreation means to re-create. This presupposes that we have something else going on that we need to get away from in order to refocus and reenergize so that we can go back to that thing with renewed vigor and excitement. After several months at the beach, one can learn that that wonderful, magical place where you were able to get away from it all has become a remote, distant outpost without any friends or family and very little to do.
The "getaway" is only magic because you have something to get away from and, hence, something to go back to.
People who are overworked and overstressed could come to your town or city, live in your house, and experience all the wonderful things around you - parks, museums, etc. - as a getaway and come to feel that where you live is a magical place. In the final analysis, the beach or mountains or lake are more a state of mind than a geographical destination. While it's wonderful to go experience new or different places and do interesting things, it is much more vital to have something meaningful and worthwhile to get back to.
We human beings have a need to rest, relax, and recharge, but we have a greater need that we could identify as the need to be needed. Truly fulfilled people work hard and play hard. They get away from it all and then they get back to that productive thing that makes a difference in their life and the world around them.
As you go through your day today, make sure you are taking time to experience recreation so that you can go back and re-create the work and the vocation you have chosen.
THINK SERIOUSLY ABOUT WHAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR YOU!
AFTER U HAVE SURE ABOUT YOUR LIFE PRIORITIES, THAN GO FORWARD! 
