Glimpse of a normal life

Day 237 / 366

Against all odds, I managed to keep a weekend free from work so that I could go on a trip with my college friends. Even though it was just for a day, and even though it meant that I would be running low on sleep time, I think this is exactly what I needed.

Sometimes in life, you don’t realize how much you need something in your life until you finally get it. I was working so much this entire year, that I thought I didn’t need vacations. I thought it was just a waste of time and any positives that might come from taking a break would never outweigh the work that would be affected. But this changed as soon as stepped on the beach and saw the waves of the ocean. With no AirPods in my ears and no screen in front of me, I knew this was excitedly what I needed.

I write this as my trip is about to come to an end, and I need to stay up another night in order to catch my flight back. But the good thing is that I am happy. And that I would be able to get up to speed with work and make up for the lost sleep in a few days.

A friend once told me that we don’t always have to choose the hard way in life in order to get success. Sometimes its ok to take the easy way out as well. I feel like I have been too hard on myself this year, and I plan to change that soon.