Having a lazy day gives your brain a break and your body a chance to recover. It also reduces stress which could help you be more productive in your non-lazy days. It is also an easy way to prevent burnout and being susceptible to chronic diseases. "If you don't pick a day to relax, your body will pick it for you.
Indeed, you don't get anything for nothing in life. This is our life's main motto. This is our biography's epigraph - whether we like it or not. Many times, I stressed this already in different write-ups in distinct publications.
I am on my veranda as I write this, and although the month of June has just begun, only a few people seem to be in a good mood. Yes, also today the sky is cloudy and looks like rain. But a wonderful breeze is around me, and more and more flowers in my big garden are blooming.
Hurray, doing nothing is really something. No, I am not talking about those people, who just hang out day-by-day and week-by-week by doing nothing and -maybe- just fed by someone. No, I mean doing nothing is really something great after a period of really hard work. By the way, it doesn't matter, if it regards us or our children.
Talking about our children: School vacations are there, and yes, children also deserve several lazy days. If I talk about my nephews and nieces here, I am surprised to learn: summer school vacations are not equal to three months total laziness. There are dance-, gymnastic- or piano lessons as well as summer classes. Great, guys! I like that!
Of course, time off should be really time off. Days by the beach - with family or alone. I jst enjoyed this for almost one week with my wife. Let's stay outside and do absolutely nothing structured. I love to do drawings, write-ups (that's not work for me!) or reading. There are still books in my library, which need to be 'discovered'.
I still remember several lazy summer days, sitting in the blazing sun (shouldn't be done anymore of course!), eating a Popsicle, getting all sticky, and running away from the bees. Of course, while still in Germany, those old lazy summer days turned into lazy winter days too. Lazy days shaped and characterized my whole (especially professional) life until now.
Relaxation, meditation and reinvigoration are needed. Life, affected by the "burnout syndrome" needs to reanimate with energy. So let's rest for a while to acquire new energy. HAPPY VACATION DAYS!
