Thursday, November 5, 2026
My ideal life would be one where I was on vacation all the time. I’m not talking about the kind of vacation that’s stress-filled and with an on-the-go type of itinerary, but a getaway vacation of leisure. One where you can sit on the back deck, look at the foliage-covered mountains draping a crystal-clear lake while sipping your morning coffee. A vacation where reading isn’t a luxury but a daily necessity, and napping under the trees isn’t a one-off, but a welcomed, afternoon companion.
My ideal life would be one of carefreeness and a leisurely attitude that “all is calm, all is bright.” It would be a life I didn’t need to take a vacation from but lived as though each day were a “slow day”– the day after New Years, for example. I’d enjoy special treats, reserved for vacations, like pancakes and syrup, hot chocolate and fireplaces. “Luxuries.” Or I’d awaken early for a refreshing hike. A ho-hum life it is!!
It’s a shame our ideal lives are ones that exist only in fantasy aka “the future.” Some people need vacations from their vacations! Few, however, live vacated – kicking back like it’s Ferris Bueller’s day off. For most, it’s “on.” On the ferris wheel, on the grind, on with the struggle.
Vacation living is a one-off, only for the opulently rich, thinks the ego. Most mortals have a “reality check” at some point, don’t they? Somebody has to work! The rent or mortgage certainly won’t pay themselves.
“Time off” is a luxury attainable by the lucky few. For the truly lucky few, time off is the only way. I must be one of the truly lucky few.
Yessir! Time off for me.
(BTW… There is no “time on.”)
Should we let the mortals in on the secret?
Once set free from being on the clock, clock back in and tell people about the “break room.”