Do you need a break? From what?

Yes.

I most certainly need a break, but not exactly from any one thing.

It’s more like I just need a break from EVERYTHING. I say it that way because even when I’m “taking a break” from something in particular I’m still thinking about it in the back of my mind.

Work, for example, is something that I have to plan my life around to a certain degree. What does my work schedule look like for the week? Do I have meetings right away in the morning that require me to be in a little earlier to attend? Did I remember to have laundry ready or do I need to do some in the middle of the week? The weekend rolls around and I still have to consider that I need to be in the office Monday morning, so no crazy plans or screwing up my sleep schedule. Did I plan accordingly for my PTO so that nothing gets missed while I’m out? I think you get the picture. Now, apply that to hobbies.

When you have a limited time for hobbies and some of them overlap with having a social life you run into similar issues. Am I going to off work on time? Did I underestimate how much time I would be spending with family? So on and so forth.

So really, I just need to find time to drop everything and go off the grid for like two solid weeks. Maybe someday.