My Fall Staycation

Because I bought a car this year to be able to commute to work, I ended up not having a lot of spending room for vacations this year. So for the 3 weeks off, the first week was spent having days off once in a while throughout the year, 2nd week off was in October and then my next week off was this week (in November).


This staycation was... quite good this time around. At my last staycation, I realized how goal oriented I was. I had planned nothing because I was so burnt out, and on the time off I had not structured my days or had any particular goals or aims and I found myself not enjoying the time away from work.

However, this time around - things were a bit different. Each day I had 2 objectives:

Objective 1 for the Day: Workout
Objective 2 for the Day: Get out of the house to accomplish something

This actually seemed to work very well! So my week looked something like this:

• Monday: Woke up in a good mood
• 9 am: Kayla Itsines Wk 5: Legs & Cardio
• 11 am Brunch with girlfriend
• Tuesday: Woke up in good mood
• 9 am: Run for 1 hour
• 1 pm: Went to Starbucks to study and work on personal projects for an hour.
• Wednesday: Woke up in a good mood
• 9 am: Kayla Itsines BBG: Wk 5: Arms & Abs
• Thursday: Woke up relatively bad mood
• 9 am Jog for 45 minutes
• 1 pm: Went out shopping for last minute additions of my boyfriend's gift
• Friday: Woke up in a good mood
• 9 am: Kayla Itsines BBG: Wk 5: Full Body
• 3 pm: Meeting with my Student (I'm a student advisor), grocery shopping. 
• 6 pm: Baked a cake

I watched a lot of Netflix, I also worked on personal projects and did journaling throughout the week. It was wonderful. I had the energy to do regular meal planning and take care of myself at the gym without feeling depleted. I absolutely loved it. I realized that my time can probably feel like this

There were a few issues before that I'm certainly positive contributed to feeling disappointment about my weekends or any time off:

• Making too many goals: Creating an impossible list that will make me bound to be disappointed because they were impossible to accomplish
• Doing things because I felt obligated to: I am a person that has a tendency to say "yes" and not set boundaries because I'm afraid of rocking friendships and relationships. However, I end up resentful and burnt out because of it. This week I took to only doing things that I felt mattered to me, and I felt tremendously happier.
• Doing things with a deadline: When I approach things as having an "endless time horizon" (read: abundance), I can really take my time to enjoy the little things, appreciate the quietness, enjoy food that I make and eat. Doing things under the "pressure" of time is extremely stressful and the entire day unenjoyable.

I hope this is something I carry on even once my staycation ends and I'm back to the grind.