Two years ago, before I fell in love with surfing, like most urban girls, I loved buying famous brands and high heels, but I was also a healthy girl who loved doing sports. By chance, a sister I met while working out asked me if I wanted to learn to surf. I thought I had a lot of free time, so I casually decided to go and have fun. It’s okay if you don’t learn. After learning, I stayed in a seaside B&B for one night, and I began to yearn for the relaxed and free life at the seaside.
Time goes back more than a year ago. When I decided to move to the beach, there were actually too many unstable things to consider. As a self-media person who has been working in the city for a long time, once I live on the beach, You will lose a lot, not only the less time to meet and accompany your relatives and friends, but offline work activities in the city will affect your income to some extent, etc.
However, you can’t give up on the things you love just because you don’t know what will happen tomorrow, and end up moving half your family to the beach.
I will save tens of thousands of words in the middle to describe every detail of the year I spent at Lion Island in Huizhou and Xichong Beach in Shenzhen. The focus is on Donglang’s second surfing trip to Hainan last year. I originally planned to go back to Shenzhen after surfing the winter waves in Wanning, but I didn’t expect that Shenzhen would “detain” me here due to the severe epidemic. Rather than being detained, the main reason is that I feel that the surfing culture here is more attractive to me. Not to mention that there are many waves, and for my vertical water sports self-media work, there are many advantages here, especially the backgrounds for taking pictures here are more diverse, and sports brands will be more favored in places with many waves. Local surf blogger. The disadvantage is the food. Grocery shopping is more expensive than in Shenzhen, and there are fewer food choices, but! It doesn't matter. Life is about giving up something if you want to get more. It is the normal state of life to give and take. The last reason that made me settle in Hainan is that I met my current boyfriend here. During that time, we surfed together every day and made progress together. This is also a dream that I have always wanted to realize since I got deeply involved in surfing life. Although most people It is said that love at the beach does not last long, but we have been together for a few months now and are quite stable. After living together, most of the things we do every day are surfing, working, and eating. Our simple and ordinary life is quite comfortable. .
I have to say that after surfing for a long time, my previously irritable temperament has become calmer and more patient with people and things, and I have less thoughts about material life. I can go to bed early and get up early every day, bask in the sun, and eat. Eat well, catch the good waves, earn a little money, and live happily on the beach.
Some people may have questions. My parents live in Shenzhen, but I live in Hainan. How can I maintain family relationships? At first, I planned that since I wanted to settle here, I would go back to see them about once a month. The premise was that I would work hard to make money.
My way of making money is still through self-media work, shooting advertisements and occasionally outputting content about my surfing life at the beach. It's just that the location has been changed to the seaside, and the income may be reduced, but for surfing and for letting more people know about the surfing culture I love, this "sacrifice" is nothing. For example, Vans, which I really like recently, asked me to collaborate! The cooperation content is also related to surfing. I feel that my hard work has been rewarded and I am very happy!
Many people think that ronins live by the sea, as if they don’t have to do anything. They just surf and sunbathe every day and drink at night. This is not true. Basically, the ronins I know are excellent, like Goofdog. Karlie Shanshan, I met her at a surf club in Shenzhen before, and I’ve known her for almost two years! He has a very good academic qualification. Not only is he good at surfing, but he also works seriously. He plays when he should play and works hard when he should do his job well. After all, in this expensive Hainan Island, you still have to make money and live a serious life!
Well, having said all that, since you choose this thing that you love so much and love so much that you can give up the things you have worked so hard to pursue, then live in the present and choose what you like and what suits you. is a way to love yourself.