A big hello from Greece! I'm here with Tantz. It's very warm and picturesque.
It's always interesting going on holiday to a new country, especially one that's quite different from your own and you don't speak the language. You have to find your feet and acclimatise, but once you do that, what then?
Normally I'm working on things constantly, at the office, at home, it doesn't matter. When I'm watching something I'm working on art, making something, planning something for Drunkduck, etc. When I'm not working I feel I'm steeling time away from my projects…
But finding myself here, it's destroyed my routines. There's very little to work on and lots more time to do it in. So what do you do?
Slow down.
Learning to relax can be hard. You feel guilty that you're missing out and not getting things done, or going out and madly sightseeing, trudging through the heat, getting hot and sweaty and forcing experiences on yourself. Instead I've taken a couple of days to lie around, watch YouTube videos and draw, working on my comic. It was just what I needed to reset my brain and I found myself enjoying my drawing more because of it.
How are you on holidays?
Learning to slow down
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Aug. 25, 2018
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kawaiidaigakusei at 7:38PM, Aug. 27, 2018
I did a similar thing this weekend. I boarded a bus and went to visit my best friend in Northern California. It was not for the sightseeing or tasting the best foods, it was for the hours lounging on the couch watching Netflix and youtube like we did in our mid-twenties and reliving a time in our lives when we could spend the weekend doing nothing and everything was wonderful.
AmeliaP at 3:12PM, Aug. 27, 2018
"Learning to relax can be hard." I heard you XD
PaulEberhardt at 7:51AM, Aug. 27, 2018
Haven't really had a holiday in a while, but whenever I do, I notice how much I've become a slave to my routines, and how many people keep wanting me to do all kinds of stuff. That's how I can tell it was high time to push the reset-button. And that's why I sometimes, after some really demanding work, I just switch off my phone and computer for a week, yell "F[make love] you, world!" to no-one in particular, open a beer and go out to build a garden shed or something. The problem is I'm running out of empty spaces in the garden...
bravo1102 at 8:18AM, Aug. 26, 2018
I just had a holiday from the wife. She was out in Indiana attending a genealogy conference. She was probably nonstop busy and I did nothing for a week and just enjoyed the weather. Sure I had to go to work, but in the beautiful weather we had this past week it was not too bad. Next week back to the oven.
Ozoneocean at 11:16AM, Aug. 25, 2018
@Scarf - exactly!
Ozoneocean at 11:16AM, Aug. 25, 2018
@Gunwallce I only learned about that today! I'm shocked O_O
Ironscarf at 6:55AM, Aug. 25, 2018
On the one hand I don't have the opportunity to draw or play an instrument, which I hate. On the other, there are new sights, sounds and ideas to provide new inspiration. It's good to relax for a while, recharge the batteries and reassess things. Also, on holiday you can drink alcohol all day every day and nobody bats an eyelid.
Gunwallace at 1:34AM, Aug. 25, 2018
I'm just impressed that it was you that was holding Australian politics in check. You leave the country and it all goes to hell. Thanks to you there's a crazy Christian Conservative as PM. This is what happens when you go on holiday! (PS: Hope you're having a good time, Ms Barbarian.)