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We work long hours straight for months then the most awaited time arrives. We go on a 1-week, 2-week or 3-week long vacation. Then when we come back from the trip, we say - it's back to reality! Until the next vacation time again. 🙊 Or we say - the trip was the best but I feel so tired. I think I need another vacation to recover from the vacation. 🙊 😂
This year, I experimented on something new. I didn't book any trip but instead I went on 1-day breaks on random days so I would have more frequent breathers throughout the year. On some of these days, I attended important occasions like birthdays or funerals, some days were for personal business, projects, volunteer work and errands, other days were to catch up with friends visiting overseas, and there were also days which were really just for me - to do whatever I wanted to do whether it was to catch up on sleep, read, swim, get a massage, re-pot some new plant sprouts, or just be idle at home and enjoy my solitude. 😅
Were the short breathers any good? Yes!
- If you have 15 annual vacation leave credits, you could look forward to some kind of vacation 15 times during the year. Those are 15 opportunities to decompress. 🙊😜
- Since the activities don't require travel nor are jam-packed with hour by hour itineraries, you don't feel tired after each 1-day breather. In short, you don't need a vacation to recover from a vacation. 😂
- You save a lot - no hotel and airfare expenses - but it brings a different kind of joy as you're able to create other kinds of experiences and memories too.
- You're able to finally do some of the things you've been saying you would do as soon as you have the time. The one day breathers become your freed up time. If you went on your usual trip, the year may end with you not having found the time to do some of these things again as you have your usual activities on weekends.
- You get to somehow experience the life of a retired person - you can do whatever you want to do with your day. When you go to stores during work hours, you could just be the only customer. 😂 When you go to the salon or spa during work hours, they could accommodate you even if you don't have any appointment. 😂 When you swim, you have the pool by yourself. 😂
If you're up for a different kind of vacation, try one day breathers sometime. Wednesday is a great pick coz after working for just 2 days, yay, it's vacation time, then after another 2 work days, it's the weekend.😊 Friday is a great pick too if you want to enjoy longer weekends. But you know what's even better than 1-day breathers and long vacations combined? If you're able to design your life so well that you would never have the urge to decompress. 😜
