We went to the beach for a week and, as I usually do, I took a USB modem with me to still have internet access.
Well, my ISP must have withdrawn from the area we were in (they were there the last 6 years) because suddenly the modem didn’t work.
So I was “forced” to relax properly. I started and finished 3 books at the beach, and I finished the last 20% of the 4th book when we got home after I unpacked.
We watched Wimbledon, we went for 11 walks and we just connected and relaxed together as a family.
It was a really great holiday despite the weather not being the best beach weather.
It was exactly the physical refresh I needed.
I think that a significant part of my enjoyment was just letting go of my expectations and accepting reality in the moment.
I got to thinking about this and wondered where else I can let go of my expectations and had the opportunity to put it into practice on my first day back at work.
My sometimes unrealistic expectation whenever I return from leave is that I will completely clear my inbox in 1 day (HA!). Most times that is doable but we are particularly busy due to the time of year and some industry changes.
So this time I told myself that there is no point in coming back from a holiday to be stressed one day in.
I worked as hard as I could, worked as smart as I could, and cleared “only” 70% of the emails.
It was enough and it was good.
(this is me thinking loving and kind thoughts)