Signs that you really need a vacation

In ten nights I will step on the plane to Asia for a vacation and a work vacation. As in: I have given myself two weeks off and then I will open my laptop again to just get back to work from a warm beach. And that vacation is much needed. This year I have indeed traveled ridiculously much, but there was no vacation. So vacation. Sometimes you really need it, for example when you notice the following situations in yourself.

You look pale

Due to a serious lack of sunlight, I look like something that died half a year ago, and people have started saying things to me lately like: “Well Lies, make sure to go to bed on time tonight, okay?” It rarely happens that I have the energy to put on makeup in the morning, so yeah, it’s undeniable, I bear frightening resemblances to Casper the Friendly Ghost.

Your eyes are consistently half-closed

What doesn’t help is that my eyes don’t fully open anymore, so I often look very stoned, which in this case is caused by a lack of sleep.

You forget things

Because your head is just full. I keep diligently making to-do lists but often still forget half of it. So if you’re still waiting for an email from me; the answer is coming, but it will take a while.

Everything seems too much effort

For weeks there has been a pile of boxes in my house that need to go to the recycling bin, but I find that a hellish task. The recycling bin is 500 meters from my house, but just the thought of dragging those things down the stairs first and then pushing them to the bin gives me exhaustion symptoms.

You still don’t have enough sleep even after 12 hours

“Just a little extra sleep” you thought, but even if you sleep around the clock, you just keep feeling tired.

Not being able to sleep

That is always for me a huge warning sign, no matter how tired I am. Sometimes it feels like you can’t fall asleep due to fatigue and at night in bed you keep ruminating about ALL those things you forget and ALL those things you still have to do but keep postponing, which means you don’t sleep and only become more tired.

You are constantly on travel sites

Ticket sites, hotel sites, everything actually, just a bit dreaming, longing and yearning for everything that is not the daily routine.