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Maldives Misadventure: A Hazy 40th of Disaster, Druggy Dreams, and Divine Gifts

I thought I had a tropical disease.

🔮Ellise

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Made it to 40 and made it to the Maldives. Both were kinda weird. I learned a lot.

I like pretty beaches so I wanted to do something extra fancy and booked a stay at an island resort in the middle of the Indian Ocean… and was bored after 2 days.

Luckily I couldn’t do much but sleep anyways.

For 36 hours of my fancy birthday trip, I could only sleep for 4–5 hours at a time, wake enough to drag myself through basic things like showering, eating, or walking to the beach or my bed, then sleep again.

For a minute I thought I might have picked up a tropical disease. I felt like I was in a dream, and everything was hazy and wobbly when I was awake, and I had all kinds of trippy dreams ✨ (which I love)🔮

All day on my birthday I tried to do things; I tried to write, I tried to reflect, I tried to think, I tried to talk, I tried to swim (IMAGINE! 😂) and I could not do any of them.

Then it hit me:

THIS IS WHAT 40 IS. YOU’RE JUST DEAD INSIDE NOW, FOREVER.

I took it well and laid down for another nap. 👑🌴👙

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🔮Ellise
🔮Ellise

Written by 🔮Ellise

Free-spirited ✦ solo traveler ✦ writing about things I love: travel ✦spirituality ✦ and building a life of freedom✦

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