At 16h30 this afternoon, I will be facing eleven work-free days. I need to start relaxing now because by experience, it always takes me a couple of days before the tight rope of working life slackens to a relaxed, vacation, reggae beat. It’s amazing and sad how different the frame of mind needs to be.
Stop wearing a watch. Throw away make-up. Feel leisurely. Wake up with nowhere to run to. Go to bed as late or early as you want. Be barefoot all the time. Enjoy coffee. Ignore the news. Wear as little as possible. Take naps. Feel no pressure bigger than deciding whether you’re going for a swim now or in thirty minutes. See Yannick blow up over a trifle and be contented just to raise an eyebrow over your lemonade and placidly agree with him. And throughout, hear Bob Marley in your head singing: “One Love…”
Ohhh...enjoy the time off. And play Bob Marley as often as you can. Even after twenty days off, the sweet rocking beat still puts a huge smile on my face. Everytime. Also, know that today is la Journée internationale de la lenteur. Now - breathe in...breathe out...Go relax.
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... and all I could do to offer you a "bon voyage" was to partake of free coffee during a fire drill. Have a great holiday and think not of we at the grind!!
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