I worry that, recently, a lack of posts on this blog has become the norm, and I'm so sorry about that (many sad faces and tears).
I'm currently suffering because I wrote out this whole post, and was really proud of it, then promptly managed to delete it all. Great. I'll attempt to re-create it now:
I do actually have a reason for my recent absence, and it's that I've been incredibly busy. But it's not even that I've had loads of things going on, it's more to do with the amount of work I've had to complete.
In the last few weeks, it feels like I literally haven't stopped working, and I've been trying as hard as I can (sounds cheesy, but it's true!!) You see, I do four (five if you include critical thinking) essay subjects for A-Level (last two years of high school for any confused non-UK dwellers), which is kind of exhausting. Don't get me wrong, I love my school and my subjects, but when you feel obliged to do as much extra reading as I do, it can result in you feeling that your work life never ends. As though there's always something else you can do; as though every second of study missed is a mark lost on your final exam. Of course, this isn't true, and I need to get out of this mindset. And I'm not the only one.
I'm sure that there are so many others who feel this way - those at school, college, uni, work, and any situation which makes you feel that you're being repeatedly drowned in a sea of endless information and late nights.
But surely this isn't the way our lives should be lived? Surely we should be spending our time talking and spending time with each other; relaxing and letting the hours drift by in content, rather than in stress?
Therefore, do whatever makes you feel good - and not the staying late at the office kind of good, the truly good good.
Whether it's reading, taekwondo, video games or curling up on the sofa to the beautiful voice of Ed Sheeran (it really is, isn't it?!), please relax whenever you can.
Personally, today is my day off. The first I've had in what feels like a long time. I'm spending it by going to my school Christmas fair and seeing people I haven't seen for a while, eating what feels like my entire body weight in fudge, reading part of a really long book called 'The Goldfinch' (which I thoroughly recommend) and seeing the new Benedict Cumberbatch film with my parents later (if any of you have already watched it, please comment below - I'd love to know your opinion!)
Yes, I have to do work tomorrow. But it will be so much easier to bear when I've had a day to recuperate. I may even enjoy it!
So next time you feel weighed down by an indescribably heavy burden which some refer to rather too generously as a 'work life', take time to put your feet up for a day or so - or even a few hours - and it will do you the world of (a really good) good.
Thanks for reading (hopefully I won't delete the post again this time),
The (very) happy blogger
Ps: I've been thinking about new, interesting posts recently, and so I'll try to have them up as soon as possible!
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