I hate to admit it...but I've proved myself right! lol
Getting back into this writing-almost-every-day habit after 16 days not doing a thing is a very difficult thing to do!
But...as I am a man who likes to 'walk his talk'...here I am!
Two things struck me from my two weeks away lounging on a sunbed by a swimming pool...
1. I don't need two weeks away any more!
Lesley always used to joke that it took me the first week to 'wind down' from my 9-5 work.
This time...I found that after about five days...I really NEEDED to use my brain!
I read a total of five books whilst I was away...but I realized that, because I have much more freedom during the week to do whatever I like...I don't need a 'break' away from work.
Why?
Well...because to me, work, well, isn't really work. And...therefore I don't really need a long break from it!
Now...I know that you probably aren't in a similar situation as me...but, if you fill as much time as you have control over with what you enjoy doing...then you'll find too that you don't really need a 'rest'.
So...it's only one week at a time in future, that's for sure!
Otherwise I miss trying to write this stuff for too long!
2. Why do people get so 'worked up' about so many things that shouldn't matter?
It's funny watching how people (even from many different countries) can still get stressed...despite not really having anything to get stressed about!
There were arguments, heated discussions...and even outright confrontations about...
- Sunbeds
- Towels
- Splashing
- Adults playing water polo in the childrens' pool
- Lack of cutlery in the restaurant
- Waiting for tables
- The quality (or lack of) of the 'snacks' (we were all-inclusive)
- The heat
- The reception staff
- The variety of the food
- The busyness of the airport
- The time it took to retrieve our baggage back in the UK
All-in-all...it's was quite funny to watch from a detached position like I was as 'mini-crises' evolved almost daily!
People were on holiday...yet were getting worked up about those silly little things that don't even warrant a second thought in my mind these days.
Why do they do it?
It's crazy to see holidays almost ruined over petty little things.
You may say that perhaps I was too laid back to let things like not being able to get a sunbed bother me.
But...
When you look at these sorts of things from the perspective I like to look at life...all I have to say is...
"So What?"
We go through life finding as much of what's wrong as we can...and ignore the fact that sometimes...we haven't got it all that bad!
I've always been a laid-back sort of person...but in the past I would have let a few things 'get to me'...and have an impact on how much I was enjoying my break.
Now...a lot of these holidaymakers would have tales to tell when they returned home...but at the expense of making the most of their break.
And...ultimately...filling their days on vacation with bitterness and anger would hardly constitute what I would call a break!
It makes you wonder what the purpose of all that money and travelling was for!
Posted by vurnumg
