That Work Thing: Back To Reality

Back to reality.

I heard a 60 some year old woman say this at the Denver Airport on Labor Day.

Why is there such a disconnect between work and vacation?

We work and save to go on vacation only to go back to work after that vacation needing a vacation from our vacation.

Back to a job we possibly hate with people we possibly hate and that sucks the life out of us.

Back to chores and routines and bills and whatever else weighes us down.

Shouldn’t our lives be like a little bit of our vacation everyday? A little bit of happiness and sunshine.

Why do we limit ourselves to only two or three weeks out of the year of that serenity?

I’m going to think about what things I like about vacation the most. Some things that come to mind are alone time with my husband and two and a half hours of writing time on the plane.

Maybe I can find some way of incorporating these things into my weekly life to start with and then maybe my daily life.

Maybe mini vacations into my week.

Wouldn’t that be nice?