I’m taking a little break from blogging.
I know what you’re probably thinking.
This blog doesn’t get updated regularly and I often just disappear for a few months, so why do I feel the need to announce a break now?
Well, for my own sanity really. Even though I don’t have a regular posting schedule, in my mind I would like one. I am constantly making list of post ideas and when I don’t post, even when I’m too busy to post, I get stressed. So I figure if I make it official, I can hopefully get out of my own head about it.
If you’re still reading, you’re probably wondering why I’m taking a 6 week blogging hiatus. There are several.
On Saturday I’m leaving for a week long vacation in Greece. I’m meeting Tara, my favorite travel partner, in Athens and then we will be spending the next 5 days relaxing on Santorini. You may have noticed the words relaxing and vacation in the two previous sentences. I’m not bringing my laptop and I don’t want to be consumed by thoughts of work I should be doing. I want to drink wine and eat fried cheese and get a tan.
The main reason for this break, though, is the final project for my Master’s degree that is due the end of August. Being the ridiculous procrastinator that I am, I haven’t really done much work yet. (I need the pressure of a deadline that is nearer than 2 months out!) This means that after my trip to Greece I need to spend every waking moment researching, writing, and creating a website so that I can actually compete my degree.
Oh, and I’m also going to Portugal for a week in August. And I’d like to possibly have some time to enjoy my last few weeks in London and say goodbye to my friends when I’m not chained to my computer.
This means that blogging is getting put on the back burner for now. I fly back to the US on August 28 and after a week of road tripping around Michigan, catching up with old friends, and wedding celebrations I’ll be back in Louisville with nothing but time to blog.
I still have so many stories to share from my travels this spring (Scotland, Amsterdam, Cologne, Brussels, HARRY POTTER!) and I’m excited to do so when I have the time to do them justice.
In the meantime, follow me on Instagram for real time updates. And lots of beach and food spam.
Have any tips on what to do (or eat) in Santorini? Or how to concentrate for longer than 5 seconds on writing a dissertation? Or how to code an awesome website from scratch? Leave them in the comments!
Have fun “on break”, nothing wrong with going silent….I think too many bloggers / travellers feel the need to constantly report and post on what they are up to. I know too many travellers who never actually take a “vacation”, which is unhealthy. Cheers to your sanity
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Yes! And as I’m mostly doing this for “fun” and not my jobs, sometimes sanity breaks and vacations are much needed! Thanks for the comment.
I’ll need your advice on Santorini for sure. I might go after TBEX!!
Happy blogging break!! HAVE FUNNNN
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I’m sure I’ll be mostly an anxious mess, but I’ll try
And yes, I will have many Santorini tips. Mostly about good places to watch the sunset and drink beers probably.
Enjoy your break! I’ll have to double check that I’ll following you on instagram so I can see all the Santorini pics!
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Thanks Rachel!
Enjoy Greece (I’ve always wanted to go and still haven’t!!) and good luck with your master’s! Hope to see you in the fall
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Thanks Edna! Hope to see you too
(And you must go to Greece. Just as amazing as everyone says it is.)
Have a nice break! Since being in Bolivia, I’ve had a very unreliable internet connection, so not much blogging from me. However, I secretly liked not being able to do anything about it!
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Thanks Hannah! And I completely understand the feeling
I’ve been taking my own blogging hiatuses as well. We all need some time to kick back. Good luck finishing your masters project!
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Yes, it’s nice to step away sometimes and focus on other parts of our lives (or just enjoying them without having to blog them later). Thanks
I think that’s completely understandable! Take some time off to recharge – I’m sure you’ll come back with even better ideas and content
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Thanks Sabina! It’s been nice to have some time off
Good luck with the masters dissertation. I wrote my undergrad 10,000 in a week because I’d managed to procrastinate for so long before (booking a spontaneous birthday trip to amsterdam for my friends birthday, trying to work nearly full-time waitressing to pay for it atc atc). I’m sure you can’t be that bad and hope you get to eat a lot of fried cheese either way. If you have a chance, stop by on Milos for a few days. It’s beautiful and you can get ferries.
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Although it took me a while to respond to this, your comment was a great inspiration to me as I completed my entire project in a week! Procrastinators unite
Well, I’m about thirty years late to this post and I know that you’re already out of London. Hope everything’s going well for you, hun. I know how weird it is to move back to the homeland having been away for so long.
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Thanks hun
It’s been a combination of weird, nice, and completely awful but I will survive!
I hope you had a great break. It’s always good to step back and focus on traveling and experiencing and soaking things in. Welcome back!!
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Thanks Joyce! It was a nice break, but it’s definitely good to be back!