Hi Gram,
Today was the first full day of the retreat, and we had a great time. It started with my usual morning routine of stretching, then I headed down for breakfast. I enjoyed a nice light brekkie with Matthew, Leisa, Annie, and Mark then headed over to the conference room for the first speaker.

Joe started us with a motivational talk about FI 2.0, how to invest more efficiently, and finding your purpose in life. After a short break, we heard from Marli who helped us walk through an exercise to get pumped up and find our purpose. I was a little worried that she would be all corporate hype, but I really got into her exercises and got some good motivation.

After lunch, where we chose tables based on discussion topics, we headed back in for the third speaker. I was getting hot and tired by this point, so I had a hard time following along with her speak of chakras and money problems. I gave it the old college try, but just didn’t understand what she was trying to get us to do. When she was done, we took a break for a few hours before dinner. A small group of us headed for coconut ice cream then I went looking for a cool place to relax while everyone else lounged by the pool. We met again for dinner at 5:45, then played some trivia and a game of QE. Exhausted but really enjoying every moment of playing games with friends, I reluctantly headed to bed.