It’s easy when you’re around people who understand.⠀ Who get what you mean when you say you decided to spend less time earning a living⠀ So you’d have more time to be alive⠀ It’s easy when you say this⠀ To people who have felt the pure white fizz of adrenaline as they fed the nose of their board under the skin of the sea⠀ As a wave rolled over their backs⠀ Felt the abstract lightness of owning⠀ Only what fits in their suitcase⠀ Felt the gut-dropping sensation⠀ Of risking it all on an idea That may or may not work⠀ It’s easy when you are around the people⠀ Who will nod their heads and agree it makes perfect sense to throw all security out the window⠀ For this.⠀ It’s when they don’t get it.⠀ That’s what they mean when they say, ‘do you have the guts for it?’⠀ Can you pull into the suburbs⠀ After a lengthy trip away⠀ Can you see the half-acre blocks of land⠀ Lined up neatly in a row⠀ Knowing none of them are⠀ And maybe will never be Yours⠀ Can you look at the people your age who have sign...