It took me 28 years and I wouldn’t call myself a natural on the waves, but you can bet I’m making this surf holiday a recurring thing. Combining one and a half weeks of remote work from the beach with a one-week yoga and surf camp, and capping it off with a couple of days in Marrakesh, made for a perfect combination to escape the grey, chilly November weather of the Netherlands. But let me start from the beginning and share my step-by-step guide on how to prevent the winter blues and instead come home with wonderfully sore shoulders, traces of a tan, and a mind so zen, that the word ’stress’ will have lost all its meaning.