Vacation or Work or Workation?

For a week now, I had planned on doing nothing but draw, paint, write and windsurf. Eat and sleep and stuff like that, too, of course.

I painted/drew for maybe half an hour, wrote absolutely nothing (a couple comments don't count) and I did some windsurfing (and hurt myself in the process - arrgh).

So, what did I do?

I read, a fantasy novel I had bought for my new Kindle on a whim. And I practiced the art of doing nothing and let my mind wander while looking at the ocean. Yup, it was vacation time. And most of our vacations are spent at the ocean because, as I mentioned in my first and one and only Snaps

An ocean beach is my happy place

One of the reasons this iss my happy place stems from the fact that we are only at the beach when I am on vacation or off work which should make everyone happy, right? We live about two hours from any beach so when we or I go to see the ocean it is always by choice. It makes me immensely happy to breath in the salty air, hear and see the ocean surf and feel the wind. Nothing relaxes me more.

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get through my workload before we left because customers came with last minute, deadlined requests. That meant I had to put in some work hours during vacation. Not a big deal you might think and I do, too. However, it really is.

I'm a firm believer that vacations and breaks are there for a very good reason, hell, our grandparents fought for them. But I did what I felt I had to do and worked on Monday for a couple of hours and followed up with a co-worker on Tuesday. One thing done, another one still outstanding. And that's the thing. I really should have just pushed through and finished that second task as well. Instead, this work related task has been lingering in the back of my mind and thus negatively impacted the relaxation effect of my vacation. Because it was constantly nagging at me. I should have just done it Monday or Tuesday.

However, at the time I thought it more important to just have vacation right then. And I had a good time - but... Was it worth it? Having the next few days a constant reminder on my mind that I still have to do this thing? I'm not sure. I'm leaning towards I should have finished it days ago and then move on with (relative) peace of mind. On the other hand, I know I have had some wonderful times Monday/Tuesday after those bits of work.

How about you? Do you ever have to take work with you on vacation? If you do, how do you handle it?

Till next time!

Have a great rest of your day!

Cheers, (Ocean)Bee

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