I left my countryside family home in Provence (with pool!) for a simpler life, with my wife, on a small volcanic island in the indian ocean. It was a real pickle, but I made the right choice. The mornings are typically spent swimming at a nearby beach. There’s rarely anybody there, our only company is sea turtles coming to chomp on the seagrass or laying eggs in the sand. Afternoons, I look for freelance work, after I’m done with my applications I browse Lemmy and lament at the state of the world. I then have an edible and play some games, or go in the hills pick mangoes if it’s the season.