Going on a holiday

I will be going on a holiday soon, for a couple of weeks. A couple of weeks of doing nothing is insane to me. I do realise it is not "doing nothing", you get to see places, talk to people, etc. But the mere idea of having a purposeless leisure time is somehow uncomfortable for me.

I have recently realised this about myself - "I must dance." I must do something productive. I must have a hobby or a goal, and I cannot sit still.

When I first met my wife, we somehow randomly started talking about the places we had visited, and she told me she took a month off and how great that was. Can you imagine? A bloody month? It was unfathomable for me. I think it was the first time that my American views were challenged (work-life balance and all of that.)

I do not have any wisdom to share: none of the "allow yourself to do nothing" ever worked for me. So I will be doing something productive - writing, taking pictures, talking to people and seeing places.