I’m on vacation. In fact, as I begin writing this now, I’ve officially been on vacation for 54 minutes. 30 of those were spent driving home from work. 9 of them were spent changing, getting a drink and looking for my slippers. 15 were spent working. Did I mention that I don’t do vacation so well? 39 minutes into my vacation I was working. Apparently I get bored easily! I actually told my boss that by Wednesday I’d probably be calling him asking if I can come back early.
I did have a couple of ideas of things I wanted to do, but plans change as circumstances change. When I bought my new truck last week that definitely changed my circumstances and plans. I’m OK with that. I really needed to replace my truck, and I got an amazing deal on my new one. I will not be complaining.
I was thinking about my vacation this week, and realized that I have an interesting track record when it comes to holidays. In fact, the last 3 times I went on vacation I ended up coming home and quitting my job. Certainly that was never my intention any of the 3 times. I guess these things just happen maybe.
When I mentioned this interesting little tidbit to a few people I got varied responses. Some seemed genuinely concerned at the thought of me quitting my job. A couple dear friends thought, here we go again. I tried not to think about it too much, if I’m being honest. I didn’t want to give myself any ideas perhaps?
Vacation means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. For me, the over-thinker, it’s usually a time of reflection and possibility. Looking back and looking ahead. You know, the things you don’t have time to do when you’re not on vacation because you’re too busy. I confess that it’s been in those times of reflection and possibility that I’ve been inspired to make a change, and that in turn lead to changes in life and/or career when I come home.
This week I will no doubt engage in some quality thought. I will look back on the year that has passed and I will dream dreams for the year to come. I will probably also sit around on the couch and watch old movies and drink Dr Pepper and eat grilled cheese sandwiches and grow a beard too. Did I mention the best part of vacation is not having to shave? I loathe shaving. Oh wait. If I’m not leaving home I’ll still be on call for the fire department. Dang it. No beard this year.
Back before I saw the light and switched to all Mac, I used to work on PC’s. Here is the life lesson I learned from Windows 98, Windows 2000 and Windows XP. When you try to do too many things… you crash. You can only run so many programs and work on so many tasks before the system grinds to a halt and melts down. We’re alot like that, you and I. We can only handle so much. Do so much. Work so much. Then we crash. The only way to get started again is the reset. That is what vacation is to me. It’s a chance to hit the reset button on life, and come back refreshed, renewed, and ready to start again.
To those that listen… I promise… I will try and come back July 27th ready to start again! :p
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