{"id":12499,"date":"2017-03-07T02:41:33","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T07:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/?p=12499"},"modified":"2020-08-31T06:54:41","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T10:54:41","slug":"there-is-always-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/blog\/there-is-always-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"There is always tomorrow…"},"content":{"rendered":"

You know those clich\u00e9, inspirational life mottos? \u00a0\u00a0Such as,<\/p>\n

Live life to the fullest<\/em><\/p>\n

YOLO (You Only Live Once)<\/em><\/p>\n

Live each day like your last!<\/em><\/p>\n

Well, in Latin America, we\u2019re living quite well\u2026 just a bit slower.\u00a0 Each day is appreciated for what it is.\u00a0 There is a word, \u201cma\u00f1ana,\u201d which in Spanish, translates to \u201ctomorrow.\u201d\u00a0 And when today isn\u2019t going right, there is always ma\u00f1ana. \u00a0If you don\u2019t want to do something today, there is ma\u00f1ana.\u00a0 And if you really don\u2019t want to do something, there is always ma\u00f1ana ma\u00f1ana.\u00a0 Two ma\u00f1anas!!!\u00a0 Essentially it\u2019s one in the same with procrastination, or the solution to better luck later.<\/p>\n

\"There<\/p>\n

A couple of weeks ago, my friend, Mike, and I were carting around the island (Ambergris Caye) and catching up on life in Belize.\u00a0 We got on the topic of diving, and after realizing we were both long overdue, decided to book a 1-tank dive for the following day — Mike\u2019s last day on the island before venturing to the mainland.<\/p>\n

\"There<\/p>\n

The next day, jittery with excitement, we headed to the dock around 1:45 p.m. to catch the 2:00 p.m. boat, as per the instructions given to us.\u00a0 Although nervous that we were a bit rusty, we were looking forward to a peaceful afternoon beside some of the most beautiful marine life in the world. Mike had his underwater camera all charged to capture any dolphins we may encounter (per his daughter\u2019s request) during our dive.<\/p>\n

And I was stoked to finally have a “play day” out of the office!<\/p>\n

As we approached 2 p.m., we saw a couple of other dive boats come and go from the dock with passengers.\u00a0 Not really concerned yet, we waited.\u00a0\u00a0Belize time,<\/em>\u00a0we both joked\u2026<\/p>\n

2:10 p.m. came. No boat. No worries, yet\u2026<\/p>\n

2:20 p.m. No boat. Hmm\u2026<\/p>\n

2:35pm. Still no boat, but instead, one of my colleagues, Ben, arrived with big grin on his face. Finally, we thought. He must be coming to tell us the boat was on its way.<\/p>\n

Wrong.<\/p>\n

He told us that the engine for the boat was not working, and that we wouldn\u2019t be able to go diving today. Expressing our disappointment, Ben said with a smile, \u201cThat\u2019s okay, there is always tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNO!\u201d I exclaimed.\u00a0 The following morning Mike was scheduled on a flight to Orange Walk, and I had to be in the office.\u00a0 Ben shrugged his shoulders, and guided us to our concierge to see if we could try with another company.<\/p>\n

All of the dive boats left for the day, so we settled on a Sunset Catamaran Cruise leaving at 4:30 p.m. Fair enough. We\u2019d have a fun time. And that we did\u2026 a beautiful sunset over the Caribbean blue waters, entertaining company, and delicious beverages, how could we not?<\/p>\n

\"There<\/p>\n

And the irony of it? The name of the sunset catamaran was \u201cYOLO<\/em>.\u201d \u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Life is good in Belize!<\/p>\n

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You know those clich\u00e9, inspirational life mottos? \u00a0\u00a0Such as, Live life to the fullest YOLO (You Only Live Once) Live each day like your last! Well, in Latin America, we\u2019re living quite well\u2026 just a bit slower.\u00a0 Each day is appreciated for what it is.\u00a0 There is a word, \u201cma\u00f1ana,\u201d which in Spanish, translates to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":425,"featured_media":12501,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[1837,22384,4393,17287,20962,12803,22380,10137,22387,2476,2022,1738,22383,16254,3049,22382,22385,22381,2198,22386],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/jpeg-1-8.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12499"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/425"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12499"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12503,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12499\/revisions\/12503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12499"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=12499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}