And the more frantic people are about you being out of the office, the more you're justified in needing it. I'll be uncomfortably honest: after my last entry, I think it's fairly plain that people had worn me out. It happens. People will wear you out. Work will wear you out. Staring at the same four walls five days a week will wear you out. If you feel you need an 80 year sabbatical from working, you aren't alone. Being a grown up is hard, and being a young or middle age adult is tough. Everybody's looking to you to keep it going and to do better, because the world turns off our efforts. And the constant race against the clock gets old fast - it's frustrating. It's no wonder that people love to travel. Stressful and frustrating as packing and coordinating arrangements are, many people find it satisfying to leave their problems hundreds or thousands of miles away. Problem is, they wait for you to come back, but it's nice to abandon them for a while.
Even dropping out of the day to day and just taking the break at home can be a miracle. I've been off work since Wednesday, and it's the simple things that have been luxurious: not waking up to an alarm clock bleeting in my ear, being able to do my chores and errands in the middle of the day without squeezing them into a lunch hour or juggling them around dinner and workouts at night, wearing jeans on a Thursday, going to the movies on a Friday, having time to revise 30 chapters of your work-in-progress in three days. I was actually in my chair to watch an entire episode of D.C. Legends of Tomorrow last night without missing the first 5-10 minutes like I usually do in a haste to finish a workout, shower, and fold laundry in that "sliver of time" between dinner and 8 p.m. And I pulled it off because I was able to finish my laundry by 5:00. Sweet.
Yes, office workers need spring break too. Heck, all working adults need spring break! And if you aren't blessed enough to work in the education industry and get it, then you have to just take it. Nobody else is going to look out for you. You have to do it yourself. And don't let them make you feel bad about it. In fact, if people guilt you, that's more reason why you need it. Cut the co-dependency and take a break. I don't see anybody else saying "no thanks" to their vacation time.
I know that breaking the chains these three days has been a tremendous blessing. It's inspiring ...
That's all today. Take care, and have a happy Friday and a wonderful weekend.
Bye!
Even dropping out of the day to day and just taking the break at home can be a miracle. I've been off work since Wednesday, and it's the simple things that have been luxurious: not waking up to an alarm clock bleeting in my ear, being able to do my chores and errands in the middle of the day without squeezing them into a lunch hour or juggling them around dinner and workouts at night, wearing jeans on a Thursday, going to the movies on a Friday, having time to revise 30 chapters of your work-in-progress in three days. I was actually in my chair to watch an entire episode of D.C. Legends of Tomorrow last night without missing the first 5-10 minutes like I usually do in a haste to finish a workout, shower, and fold laundry in that "sliver of time" between dinner and 8 p.m. And I pulled it off because I was able to finish my laundry by 5:00. Sweet.
Yes, office workers need spring break too. Heck, all working adults need spring break! And if you aren't blessed enough to work in the education industry and get it, then you have to just take it. Nobody else is going to look out for you. You have to do it yourself. And don't let them make you feel bad about it. In fact, if people guilt you, that's more reason why you need it. Cut the co-dependency and take a break. I don't see anybody else saying "no thanks" to their vacation time.
I know that breaking the chains these three days has been a tremendous blessing. It's inspiring ...
That's all today. Take care, and have a happy Friday and a wonderful weekend.
Bye!
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