Staycation Christmas & New Year's 2020 // Lockdown Chronicles

My Christmas, New Year’s & Birthday staycation already comes to an end. I am still shocked about the fact how quick those 3 weeks went by. And truth is that I pretty much just spent my time doing nothing. I guess a break was much needed after a whole year of just working without any vacation, without taking any time off. I spent the whole year just working - freelancer freedom we can call it I suppose - but I also realised that this is not a good idea because it leaves you drained the end of the year and then a long break is much needed and overdue.

Good thing is that I really love my job, otherwise I could not have worked through the whole year without any vacation or breaks in between but nevertheless, time off is important to recharge your batteries and just to relax and calm down.

I planned to travel to Spain and to Shanghai in 2020 but due to Corona nothing of that ever happened. I miss traveling and going out with friends, going to restaurants and bars and getting together with a bunch of people. I have to admit that I really miss that a lot and I am looking forward to the day once this is possible again.

I did not have three weeks off in a very long time but three weeks off without going anywhere really felt a bit odd. I planned so much, I wanted to work on my own business projects but then I was just relaxing and working a bit on my blog and that was it. I accept it, it is okay. I accept that I can only be productive once I recharged my batteries.

Creative work takes lots of energy, the teaching that I do when I work also takes lots of energy and concentration so it is no wonder that I don’t get everything done in the end that I want to get done. But it is okay, I just want to be more self-disciplined in the new year and better organise my schedule work-wise to make sure I have time every day to work on my own projects.

Truth is I am getting really sick of this lockdown, I feel that all I can do is taking a walk, ordering food and going to the supermarket and that pretty much is it. Last year around the Christmas holidays I was a bit down and depressed and now it is the same again even though last year the situation was much better, we still had a normal life in comparison today. Well, maybe it is just that season giving me the blues once I take some time off work. I don’t know, but I realised this year again that I emotionally struggle during that time of the year.

So, I hope that I won’t be writing a million ‘Lockdown Chronicles’ posts in the near future and that this second lockdown also comes to an end soon.

Sending you love and strength wherever you are,

XX, Phyllis