Everyone needs a break.
My husband and I are in Norway at the moment, doing nothing much at all.
When I get home later this week I will have some exams to mark, a CV to write, a couple of new patients to see, and some documents from an accrediting body to sort through. Although I love my job, [and I really do], it is good to get away and put a bit of space between me and it – except of course I am writing a Substack post about it – I can’t seem to help myself.
And yes I did take my laptop on holiday with me, but curiously, not for real work…
When I am not at work I am not surrounded by anybody who has the slightest interest in medicinal herbs. No colleagues to chat to, no students asking questions, or recounting interesting [plant-based] stuff that they have done. And I can’t ever seem to really get my head around why most people don’t see any benefit in using medicinal plants medicinally. People have no inclination to even consider using plants as medicine.
But there are so many good reasons to try herbal medicine. I have written about three of them, click the button here to read…
But there are so many good reasons to try herbal medicine. I have written about three of them, click the link below to read…
3 Good Reasons to Try Herbs
But apart from that, having a break from actively doing herbal medicine is a good time to have a think.
And on holiday I don’t have any responsibilities, no shopping, no cooking, no cleaning – just talking to people, and thinking.
I can recommend it.
At this time of year I expect our students are feeling brain-dead as they will have just finished their exams. What better time to unwind and not tax your brain for a few weeks. For me, it gives me time to catch up on other thoughts that have been pushed aside by pressure of work. I can feel my brain relaxing almost as a physical sense.
However.
I couldn’t stay this way for long. I am looking forward to getting back to my desk and getting my Endobiogenic text books out, of planning a new raft of lessons, of taking patient case histories.
So, I suppose, my job has really become my way of life. That means I never need retire because it is something that I can potter on doing as long as I can still see and use my laptop. Nobody can fire me either.
This is something I am glad about.
Anybody else intend to keep working into their dotage because they want to?
