Ever feel like a computer with too much stuff saved to the wrong place? You're running slowly, things take a while to 'upload', start up takes forever and you can forget about installing new programs. That is me right now. While I am 'well' in the conventional sense of the word, I really need a little break to 'de-frag' and essentially, restore my factory settings. So I've booked a weeks leave, which will end up adding up to 10.5 days away from work because of a public holiday Monday and my half day Friday. I've got nowhere to go and no money to go anywhere, even if I wanted to, which I don't, I've really got no plans to see anyone or do anything except some mental and physical 'sorting'.
I haven't worked out the finer details yet, but here is a loose plan; I intend to do a 3 day detox - upping my antioxidant rich fruits and vegetables, drinking herbal teas and doing gentle exercise. Hopefully that will get my body feeling a bit more energetic. I intend to devote at least a couple of hours a day to sorting and decluttering the rooms in our home, getting rid of anything that is not functional or beautiful. I intend to do some form of exercise every day. I intend to read and spend some time crafting and photographing. I might write some, I might play my drum some. Basically, I intend to refocus, regroup and re-energize myself by doing things that I love for an entire week (and a bit!). I hope that week goes really slowly!!!
I did a similar thing last year, took off 3 weeks and unclenched. You'll find it much easier to be creative when your todo list isn't creating so much background noise. Good Luck Annie!
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"Unclenched" I love it! It will now be known as my 'unclenching week'.
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