2010
It’s the new year already – and I’m finally back at work – its a little bit weird to be back but good as well. Having a month off work to chill out and start to remember all the good things about life is great. I fully recommend taking 4 weeks leave in one go at least every two years so that you can reset your creativity and relearn all the good things about life – family, friends and fun.
It’s one of those things that while at school and possibly uni that you can take for granted – long holidays where you have time to go to the beach everyday, meet up with friends and chill out – and generally have fun to that degree – and when you start full-time work your 2-3 months worth of holidays each year is reduced to a measly 1 month! Which I find it’s really easy to use in little dribs and drabs in order to make the most of long weekends and short – 1 week – trips away here and there. But do you ever truly relax like you used to in those early years? I think not – I recommend the disconnect (electronic & work-wise) for a full month to really reconnect with you family and friends – and perhaps one of the most useful reasons – to reconsider why you are where you are. So many people get sucked into the vortex called work that they forget how to put work into a life perspective. Taking a full month (fully disconnected) from work means that you get pulled away from the vortex, and can re-evaluate your life, and your goals.
For me the last month on leave has been a fantastic time – I spent 10 days with family over Christmas, just chilling out and enjoying sharing time and company – reconnecting a lives for those 10 days at least – and it has made me reconsider why I moved away and whether I still want to be away. I haven’t come to a decision but I certainly didn’t feel or think this way before I took the break. In addition, as my last post states, I hadn’t considered fully going back to university, sort of but not really. I feel more certain now about going back to university in 2011. I had considered doing a Masters this year but the Masters I was looking at was not as in depth or detailed as I wanted to go, so I have considered and 99% decided 
that I will go back next year to do another Bachelor degree (God willing). This was definitely not something I was considering in any detail 4 weeks ago, but here I am, one step closer to changing careers. 
Tas Mania
Day 2 & 3
So, I expect day 1 was really exciting for you, and possibly find day 2 just as exciting. Ha ha, nah, I’m not going to put you through a long winded exposition. Though I’ll write a little summary.
We had a good Family bbq lunch on Sunday (day 2). Monday (day 3) went out for morning coffee, and then chilled out with the parents and O for the afternoon. Spent some of that at the tennis court with O hitting some balls around, and realising how unfit I really am these days. It was nice to chill out not doing much but chatting with the parents. Got up at 4 Tuesday morning to go to the airport so that I could turn up at work on time. Red eye flights are horrible. 
Anyways, it was a really good trip down in Hobart Town, I didn’t really do much, but it was good none-the-less.
Travelling to Tasmania
It’s a long weekend this weekend and I decided I’d better get out of the state and see some of the family, so I’m off to Tasmania. Seeing some of the sights of Hobart and beyond. I lived in Tassie for about 14 years before moving on and out. It was a good choice, I needed the change and the last couple of years have been a chance for significant growth in my life. But Tassie is a beautiful place, and I miss how relaxing it was there, and I miss being so close to family. Conversely I also appreciate not being too close to my family anymore! LOL (No offense meant to the family.) It just means I have to pop over fairly frequently.
Frequently means a couple of times a year, so just to tally up this will be my second visit to see the fam this year, but I probably won’t see them again until Christmas unless anyone wants to visit me here!
I love Hobart as a city, it has a lot to offer, the wharf, CBD, Salamanca, Mt Wellington are all so close together. It’s all so close together, convenient and quick! Quick as in no traffic. The only downside is there is a significant lack of cool cafes, coffee houses and restuarants like in Melbs. That is one of the things that I miss most when I pop to Tassie. Though there is often a new place that the fam wanna take me to, which is nice. For a non-Melb living fam, we do like to go out for coffee a lot.
Anyway, that was a total ramble post! I will hopefully put up some photos sometime soon from my visit.
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