Decentralization And The Freedom It Brings

The beach here in Lo de Marcos is a northwest facing beach. The south swells that dominate summer surf here on the Pacific side of Mexico don’t really break here.

The second week of September has brought the first sign that seasonal changes are coming, and the daily surf of winter will soon be a reality once again. A solid 2m northwest swell has blessed our little point break.

A couple dozen surfers have come to enjoy the four or five days of shoulder to head high waves, and camp on this beautiful empty beach.

We’re living just 5 blocks away from the beach and are so grateful to surf every day of this rare early season swell.

The point from my beach chair is gorgeous. Deep into the rainy season, the hillside is covered in vibrant green jungle foliage. Just a stunning sight to behold.

The beach is so empty. It amazes me that places like this still exist. Places so stunningly beautiful yet, almost no one is here enjoying it. In this modern world of densely populated mega cities, places like this are actually, surprisingly, everywhere. They can be found in countries all over the world.

Our world doesn’t have an overpopulation problem. One needs only explore the vast empty places on earth to see this is true. The problems attributed to overpopulation, are, in fact, caused by uneven distribution of the population.

Just a few years ago, for the first time ever, more people on earth live in cities than in rural communities. This population of city dwellers relies more and more on modern systems for their daily needs. The inefficiency of these systems shows up in the terrible and heavy toll we see on our global environment.

A new factor has been thrown into this mix. One that I hope will begin to “right the ship”. The concept of decentralization has begun to make its way into our consciousness. A move away from corrupt, inefficient centralized systems is sweeping through nearly everything we do. With the simple ability to work online, people are now able to live almost anywhere.

~all photos taken with my iPhone 6s

I see places like this drawing more and more digital nomads as they spread out from the densely populated cities to the places they really want to live. No longer bound to a location by their employment, people find themselves free to explore their dreams of living in the forest or way out on a small farm where they can grow their own food. Or maybe even an isolated tropical beach location in a foreign country, where a daily surf session becomes a reality.