Welcome to The Daily Getaway!
My name is Aaron Klein and among many things, I am a writer. I am the author of this thing that you have stumbled upon. In my thirty plus years on this planet (or in this simulation, whichever you believe) I have moved in and out of many hobbies, always looking for that thing. The thing that punched me in the gut causing the word “passion” to be released through my deflated windpipe. Yet, I never did find it. Eventually, I came to the conclusion that maybe I wasn’t so passionate about things after all, but instead maybe I am just curious. Passionately curious.
My curiosity has led me to live a life trajectory that isn’t necessarily within the “norm” (whatever that really means), nor one that I would have expected. A cook, waiter, hair stylist, husband, Accountant, father, HR Manager, a man living on a property helping (sparsely) to care for horses, a writer, an avid reader. All of these things have provided me with the opportunity to experience life on a level I would have never imagined. They have provided me the opportunity to become curious and not only learn extrinsically, but to also learn about myself on a deeper level. Blending these two paths in life (extrinsic and intrinsic curiosity) has been a true gift. One that has led me further and further down the path of writing. This path has allowed me the opportunity to explore the world and myself on a deeper level. This path has been the greatest form of self-help since, well, self-help.
And here we have arrived: The Daily Getaway. A Mindful Retreat.
What is The Daily Getaway? Simply, it is the place I go to find retreat, to find refuge from the more challenging moments of life. It is a place I go to nourish the happier times, to investigate my own mind. It’s a place I go to generate ideas and expand on my own personal thinking, to help form sense of my own thoughts in order to help solidify my learning and understanding of how things work. All of this, and more, is The Daily Getaway.
This is what my writing has become, my daily getaway. And who knows, maybe this place will also become your daily getaway, your retreat. This has been the beauty of my love for writing: it has given me the opportunity to explore my curiosities without having to spend a dime (save the books I hoard to feed my roaring desire to consume stories). The cost is minimal, but the payback is immense.
I hope that you enjoy, and I hope that I will pass unto you even the slightest spark of curiosity through my words and that you pay it forward.
Cheers!
Aaron lives in Port Orchard, Washington on a small two-acre horse farm with his beautiful wife, son and animals.