That was a long writing hiatus. It was a mix of no longer wanting to write anything, my brain feeling like the above picture and the fact that my own wordpress homepage wouldn’t load in my internet browser for months. A quick google search today led me to try opening my homepage incognito and now here I am, wondering why it took me so long to google my problem when it takes me seconds to google my health problems. And feeling like I’m up to no good because I’m incognito.
I was reading a book today on my flight back home (a work trip) where the book was set in a bookshop (one of those millions of books set in a bookshop) and got to where there was a book club discussing work and how we feel like work takes over when there is little time left over to enjoy our life and free time. My feeling of hating work recently stems from this! Fitting, for someone who was on a plane home and about to clock in the 12th working hour of the day. What would I do, if I had a whole week off work and wasn’t going on holidays elsewhere?
What immediately came to my mind was to be more creative- in all its form. I haven’t written on my blog in almost a year! I wonder what it would be like instead of dabbling in the creative world every now and then, I did more of it all the time? I wonder if I can experiment with that work-life boundary more and push work back into it’s circle?
Suddenly, this vase I came across now seems less like what my brain feels like to a clay mountain of hope with ideas that can pop up anywhere and anytime, just when you least expect.
PS. I still love flying. Planes are awesome. I just don’t like working overtime which I don’t get paid for anyway.
Lingo in Transit 
Maybe it’s time for a change
Maybe although possibly not yet.
You should get paid for overtime 🫤
But recently, I’ve thought a lot about how working life is just slaving away, without the time, energy or money to fulfill one’s dreams. Sounds bad when I put it like that but what to say, that’s reality.
Love the vase! Welcome back 💗
It is reality for alot of us but I think that’s where we can change the way we think about it or put in some boundaries. I wonder if I can make this pot with some air dry clay. I might just give that a go. Thank you!
A very interesting vase, Sophie! And a funny analogy. Even though we have never met, I can really imagine you having thoughts that pop up.
It is funny that you have experienced a hiatus in your writing. I have been off my blog for several months and wondered whether I should give up. Blogging gave me a new career in semi-retirement and writing professionally consumes a lot of my time. But then now that my writing commitments are done for the year and I have free time at last – I am drawn back to the blog.
Like you, I have just come back from a plane trip overseas – but it was a holiday not work. Like you, I love planes but this last trip incorporated a night flight and for some reason, I couldn’t get comfortable and felt like I would not fly at night again. Maybe I am getting old.
It sounds like your body and mind are telling you to adjust your work life balance. I hope you can do that within your current restraints so that you can find pleasure in each aspect.
I’ve seen your travel pics on Instagram- I hope it was a great trip. Writing is fun when it’s on your own terms and without having to write something in a certain way. A night flight would put anyone off- especially if you can’t rest. I hope you can to rest alittle now back home. Thank you- I’m always trying to make these work trips more “me” time somehow to try and balance it that way.
So fun that you followed on Insta. I don’t use it that much but tried to add some fun reels! Do keep in touch, Sophie. It is always a delight to see a comment or post from you.
Welcome back!! It’s nice to hear from you again and what you’ve been up to. Sounds like work is just work (and you really should request for paid overtime!!), but I’m glad to read you’re doing well. Blogging can take a backseat when life happens, but no pressure to force it! We’ll always be here whenever you decide to return!
Thank you! I’ve just been doing less hours these more quieter days but I will definitely need to suss out if overtime pay exists at my company.
It’s nice to see you again. I’m so sorry that work has been so awful – I’ve been similar this year with 15-20 hour days my norm for a while, plus a lot of travel with it. I’ve posted every week though to keep me sane; that work/life balance is hard to manage sometimes – and we all need time away from here to focus on life too! Looking forward to future posts if you decide to come back a bit more frequently 🙂
Those are such long days! I hope you’ve had time to recover/or are recovering now.