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Super expensive ($450) sailing lessons on Utah lake are available…if I save my pennies maybe I can do it next summer? But who will learn with me????
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How to learn to sail
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 How I did it: NOLS course sailing and camping in Baja California from beach to beach. Taking classes in sailing, leadership and other stuff like astronomy. A lot of fun, and very informative.
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I think this summer might be perfect for this – I should be finished with my school prerequisites for nursing and it will be right before I’m chained to a hospital and classroom for my education. Learning to sail will also give me a greater foundation to draw on when deciding which boat to purchase with Jesse later on. The end goal is to be able to sail around anywhere, possibly across the world. There is so much to see, do and explore – I know I don’t want to be stuck in one place. This actually feels like something worth living for – to be able to go, do, see and experience at will. Correction – that feels like it would be living. What I’m doing now – doing work for somebody else, experiencing the monotony of paycheck after paycheck (although relishing the fact that I actually have one!) – is not living the way I see it. It is subsiding.
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