I had a 7 day leave which I need to use before the year ends as those are mandated by local labor laws. Since it was a last minute decision to apply for those leaves, I didn't exactly map out a vacation itinerary like I should have.
Once I get my 3 days rest, I know I'll crave the work life again and wish to get back to being a wage slave. It doesn't help that I get bored easily doing nothing, or me having job satisfaction (I love my job), and the most important reason why I even decided to take the leave was not happy about my labor being free. This is a paid leave.
Ok, so I did the most rationale thing prior to the start of vacation to fight boredom. I booked 17+ webinars spanning 1 hour to 3 hours per session that covers on topics about finance, AI, mental health, and taxation. What the fuck? yeah, instead of an itinerary to travel to places and spend money, I choose to bed rot and study which was 1/10 of the cost if I chose the normal way.
I don't think I'm a workaholic at this state. I compiled all those e-certificates that cost me a plane ticket abroad and felt some satisfaction that I could update an entire page on my resume for shits and giggles.
The real challenge was TRYING to stay away from the hospital. As I tend to just drop by during the first 3 days because old habits die hard. This was my routine for the past couple of months working and suddenly I have to chill. Reminds me of the time when I spend 3 years without vacation and the free time was alien.
It just made sense. I get a 1/10 of the cost for vacation time, have career skills development, get paid to bed rot for a while, and come back having fresh energy to complain about my job (sometimes). 10/10 would do it again unless I have a good reason to go outside and touch grass.
What I Learned:
With so much information readily available now for Millenials and Gen Z, I can't help but think how many hours of their lifetime is spent on consuming content they can never convert to practical value in their lives. I could've just bed rot and spent my days streaming but none of that time would have help get me towards my goals.
Thanks for your time.
Your work ethic is something I admire. I don't think I could ever to this, to constantly be on the "work" mode as I'm easily burnout. Or probably if I get used to it one day.
You're not bed rotting though, your brain is working T_T That's amazing to be able to still want to learn new things despite only probably your first leave this year? And still be able to do hobbies from time to time.
Countless, and it's not good lol. Sometimes when I realize my algorithm is becoming about drama again, I start changing it so it will be more useful like things about life, reading, science, random facts etc..
The secret is not treating the task as work. While I am learning something, there is no pressure to produce a result with the activity and I think of it as a mental exercise that happens to be productive.
Pag work kasi, dapat may wanted outcome, quota, goal n kailangan mahit or may responsibility to secure an output kaya may pressure to perform. When I signed up for those webinars, I just do it for shits and giggles na hobby mindset to learn new stuff and it's ok kahit walang immediate benefit.
2nd time ko na mag leave this year and the last for the year. Yung 1 time was just a birthday leave 1 day lang.
Tempted to stream a lot of anime to catch up with the watch list but then na shift ko nalang yung watch time into documentaries, tutorials, and finance news para may ma learn something and apply sa totoong buhay. Mahirap siya pilitin so it has to start with the interest and then followed up with discipline to still commit to finishing the podcast even when it gets boring because you're trying to create a habit and that requires a couple of days being consistent.
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