Conditions for Restoration

What do you really need to recharge your batteries?

I’m writing this week’s edition from the stunning, deeply restorative haven of Geejam in Portland, Jamaica — a parish I’ve never visited before. The intention? A few days of rest… and writing.

I even put my Out of Office on.
For a whole 48 hours.

Did it work? Not at all. A small act of rebellion — against myself.

Note: The islands in the Caribbean are often split into parishes, like counties in the UK. There are 14 parishes in Jamaica, I was born in St. Andrew.

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