So I have been working since 2004 pretty non stop in the same job. At one point in my life I would take jobs that were temporary and then I might have a three month break in-between. But after 14 years... I find that every year I fall behind a little in things. You know how it is.. you only have time to do 6 of the 10 things you wanted to do on the weekend.. until after 14 years.. you have about 9 months worth of things you need to do.

So I decided to take a week long vacation.

The truth is I haven't taken one since before 2004. Sure I have taken a day here or there but not an entire week.

My plans are simply to take that week and catch up on my life leisurely. But every single person that inquires as to what I am doing seems to think this is weird and I should be "going" someplace. Going someplace? Right... add on another 18 things for me to do.

How do other people do it? I don't get it. I simply cannot get all my errands done on the weekend. But everyone else seems to be perfectly content with it.

[seesaw]

I have done "staycations" frequently where all I do is the things I enjoy, in my home, and decompress. Traveling during a vacation is fine. That can be fun. Sometimes you just want time to enjoy what you've been working so hard for.

If someone asks what you're doing and they think it's weird, just act like they're the weird one for never having spent some time enjoying their own home. It's no one's place to judge what you do with your vacation time.

Seesaw

[rechu]

I don't why people have an issue with that, I know plenty of people that do staycations.

My boss just took two weeks off and stayed home. She said it was great to be able to sleep in, not have to conform to a schedule and get some things done around the house like organizing and cleaning.

My husband did the same between Christmas and New Year's, since he had more time off accumulated than me. He took care of some errands that he could only do during work hours and relaxed the rest of the time..

If someone has an issue with that, it's their problem, not yours. Enjoy the break. It certainly sounds like you've earned it.

When I was a kid, I only had one vacation my entire childhood. I just don’t care about vacation that much, probably because I wasn’t raised to expect it.

I think a lot of people spend too much time and money on it instead of saving money like they should. Why they want other people to go too is strange. It’s like when you’re on a diet and they can’t stand it when you won’t eat their cookies.

I haven’t gone on vacation for years, but I probably will this year. I’m not against it. When I go, the house will be a mess. In my case, I could stay home for the week and it would still be messy!!

[continuosly blue]

Most people don’t have a mind of their own. They adhere to the “mob mentality “. They just do what other people do. A vacation for me was going to Coney Island , back in the day. Now everybody has to go on these enormously expensive, stress ridden trips all over the place. Just to say they been here or there. I’ve been home for years due to a disability. I have not been able to enjoy or do anything close to a vacation. Most people who don’t know my circumstances think that I’m on a long vacation. Nothing could be further from the truth. At this point in my life I could care less about what other people think.
A vacation for me is sitting down and relaxing, not in pain , and enjoying a moment of peace and tranquility.

[seesaw]

I will say that I like taking time off for a few days to go visit my mother, but she's in driving distance and we don't do much. We go on trail hikes and out to dinner a couple times but mostly I just hang at home with my guitar and relax when I go to visit.

I also do not get these stressful trips that people take just to see things and have gone places. I do enjoy traveling, but not all the time. For business I travel and that's fine. But for vacation, I'd say once every few years maybe a trip to a new place for fun and adventure, but I don't need to do that every year. I can find plenty of fun and adventure wherever I am.

Ok then I am feeling better. I really look forward to a long vacation and I am not even sure this will help me totally get this stuff done. But it is annoying to have everyone be like "oh where are you going?"; I told someone I didn't want to do something on that week because I was going to be on vacation and he does.. well, if Emily isn't going to be around we shouldn't do it..err, did I say I wasn't going to be around? No I said I would be on vacation.

It just amazes me that people seem to be this way. Work all day and then go on vacation when they get a moment. Who cleans? Yah know?