Surfing and the Fear of Missing Out
Originally published on the StoreYourBoard.com blog . A friend sent me this picture earlier in the week with the caption, "Too bad we're at work...." A big WNW swell has been hitting Los Angeles all week, but I'm likely going to miss it because the sun comes up as I'm on my way to work, and goes down before I get home. To make matters worse, my car broke down last week, so the bus has doubled my commute time, making an early evening surf session impossible. The swell is weakening as the week goes by, from what I hear, so by the time Saturday hits, I'll have missed the best parts. So what do I do in a crisis such as this? I've narrowed it down to a few options: Quit my job and go surfing Call in "sick" and go surfing Miss the swell The first option sounds pretty appealing, but not so practical. Number two is against my code of ethics. So that leaves option three -- and with it comes two sub-options: complain or deal with it. And s