Torremolinos Life

Living between the Spanish mountains and the coast, I’ve learned that life moves in waves. Some days feel like the calm rhythm of the sea, and others like the slow pace of mountain mornings.

There are days when I wake up ready to do everything — film, edit, plan, create — and others when the pull of stillness wins. On those “lazy” days, I often feel torn between rest and guilt. I’m surrounded by beauty, yet I feel I should always be doing something with it.

But the truth is, lazy days have their own quiet purpose. Even when my body rests, my mind keeps moving — dreaming of new ideas, visualizing the next video, thinking about how to bring the peace of this life into what I create. It’s not physical work, but it’s still energy spent. Sometimes it brings anxiety, like I’m standing still while the world moves. But I’ve learned that those moments of slowness often lead to my biggest bursts of creativity later.

The mountains remind me to pause, to listen, to breathe. The sea reminds me to flow and to let go. Somewhere between the two, I find balance — a kind of rhythm that’s both restful and productive in its own quiet way.

So yes, lazy days make me feel both rested and unproductive. But here, between the mountains and the coast, I’ve realised that rest is not the opposite of productivity — it’s part of it. Sometimes the stillness is exactly what we need to move forward with clarity and purpose.