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How do you fill your time off work?

Lemoncello

My work is encouraging me to use my holiday days, which I haven't touched all year, but I'm not too keen.
I've structured my weekly routine around my job, and without it there I don't know what I'll do all day. Weekends I can handle, since they're just two days, but a whole week off work? I'm liable to sit around getting sad because my hobbies only take up so much time, and then when I do go back to work I'll struggle to get back into the swing of things.

Does anyone else dread taking time off work? And if so, how do you deal with it?

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  • I feel you! This is something I really struggle with too - all that unstructured time. I also find myself getting 'sad' as you put it, as I tend to retreat into my head when I have nothing to do and it's not a fun place to be.

    That said, it's so important to take your holiday. Paid leave is your right and you deserve it as much as anyone else. What helps me is setting a routine just for that week: so I'll try to get up at the same time each day and follow the same routine each morning (breakfast then shower then chores etc). 

    Also if you have free time and there's something you enjoy doing, just do it! I sometimes feel guilty sitting around watching YouTube videos for hours on my days off, but honestly where's the harm? If there's nothing important that needs doing, and you have no other plans, you might as well just do what you enjoy. I sometimes feel pressure to find fun things to do, so that when my colleagues ask how my leave was, I have something interesting to tell them. But honestly it isn't any of their business!

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  • I feel you! This is something I really struggle with too - all that unstructured time. I also find myself getting 'sad' as you put it, as I tend to retreat into my head when I have nothing to do and it's not a fun place to be.

    That said, it's so important to take your holiday. Paid leave is your right and you deserve it as much as anyone else. What helps me is setting a routine just for that week: so I'll try to get up at the same time each day and follow the same routine each morning (breakfast then shower then chores etc). 

    Also if you have free time and there's something you enjoy doing, just do it! I sometimes feel guilty sitting around watching YouTube videos for hours on my days off, but honestly where's the harm? If there's nothing important that needs doing, and you have no other plans, you might as well just do what you enjoy. I sometimes feel pressure to find fun things to do, so that when my colleagues ask how my leave was, I have something interesting to tell them. But honestly it isn't any of their business!

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