six months of saturdays. game over.

you know that feeling when you wake up on a saturday…
“so what do you want to do today?”
that’s how i’ve felt every day since december 20, 2013.
until today. the six+ month sabbatical is officially over.
back to work i go, but refreshed and ready to go.

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during our trip, i joked with d that i was turning into an introvert. typically the super social one, i found myself strangely comfortable with lots of alone time. reading for days on end, passing up beers with other travelers and just observing. i started mentally dissecting the idea of being social and why we jam-pack our social calendars (but that’s a long winded tangent).

with this bonus-time off since our return home (d went back to the j-o-b a couple of weeks ago), i was starting to believe that i was now more of an “I” vs. an “E.” looking back, i was clearly just having a major case of the post-adventure blues. i went from daily sensory overload back to familiar monotony. and i’ll be the first to admit that as the weeks went by, i was no longer taking full advantage of my vacation time, but just being plain lazy. there were days i was making the bed and swiping on mascara around 5pm to trick d into thinking i’d left the couch that day. it was easy to do. but as i started to only cite the Today Show and bad Bravo TV, i realized things were getting a little stale – me at the top of the list.

once i accepted we were no longer traveling, i had to force myself to make plans, set goals and spend my days doing things that allowed me to flex my brain muscles. and the funny thing? each day i had a social outing during the day, danny could tell. those were the days i was much more alive, energized and happy.

noting that, i’m looking forward to getting back to a more balanced life. the old work hard, play hard routine. i’m curious to see how our adventure spills into my career. the things i learned, stuff realized and our new perspectives. will i be able to maintain this heightened state of chilled out? only time will tell.

starting today i’m tackling a new role within my company, and looking forward to the challenge. this year we checked a big one off the bucket list, and are now working towards new goals – both personally and professionally. so with that, the next phase of the big adventure continues.