Vacation

Everyone should take vacations, even if you technically don't deserve them. I by no means have earned a vacation, I work relatively little at two extremely easy jobs and party far too much. When I am not partying or working I usually don't do much productive. If I were my boss, I'd say, " No Bryce, you cannot have vacation time until you actually do some work." Well, I may not be my job boss (yet) but I certainly am my life boss so when I asked myself for vacation time I told myself, "sure why not, take even more of a load off." I went home, rarely moved, and watched about 10 movies in 2 days. What I found most valuable about it was not the stress relief, physical relaxation or abundance of rest, but the fact that it was different than my routine. I wasn't at my home doing the same thing I have done every week for months and I wasn't surrounded by all the same people. I am not saying that my usual routine and usual cronies are bad at all, just that everyone needs to take time away to regain a clarification of self. The best part of my vacation was that I was alone with myself with no one to entertain me but me. It was good, I had time to think about everything. Not that there were any large pressing issues, it's just good to reconsider the universe every now and then. I took the time to expose myself to films I had been wanting to for a long time and am greatly happy for it. If you have a chance go see the movie "Once" it is beyond beautiful. I would also recommend In Bruges, it's not romp-roaringly hilarious as the back cover would suggest, but it is damn good. All in all I think everyone needs a place to escape to every now and then where they are all alone, and completely rely on their mind. You can reconfirm your identity, rediscover why you love what you do and eliminate background stress that you may not have known you had but is always silently building by just having a routine. I've considered renting out a hotel room for a weekend every two months or so, just to seclude and repeat the Vacay. Tis grand, everyone should do it.