Feeling Jaded? A Free Holiday Will Help! - By: Maria Rattray

So how fit and healthy do you think you are? Feeling pretty good? Let me ask you, when was the last time you took a holiday, a REAL holiday that is, one where you gave your body time to wind down, time to have fun, and yet more time to get ready to return to work?

How long is it that, with absolute abandonment, you made a last-minute reservation at a resort where you were confident the kids would have fun and you and your partner could have some down time?

And now, when was the last time you woke up and thought, I can't wait to get to work? A long time, I hear you say. How sad it that! In that case, accept the fact that you are not as fit as you might have thought you were.

Hard to take, isn't it! Forget the excuses. Just do a bit of online reading, some research, and you will realise that if you don't take time out, your health will take time from you!

Sadly, you may not be able to see the decline in your health until it's too late! Take note!

Here in Australia we have lapsed into a workaholic nation where many of us are owed incredible amounts of annual leave. If you are one of these people, the time to act, to respond to your body's neglect, is NOW.

Once you have fallen victim to illness there is not a lot of point in looking back and wishing you'd done things differently. It's in the past. It's no longer reality. It has been put to bed, but you are now paying the price!

The benefits of taking leave are many, the obvious one being that for at time at least, you can start getting physical and begin to use your body in the way nature intended. It sure beats the endless grind of work and that feeling of exhaustion that leaves little enthusiasm for getting fit!

Taking a break though, would afford you so much time to do the things you love, leisurely strolls to wherever, playing some sport with your kids, standing erect! Now there's a thought!! Your spine will love you for that one! Standing erect is exactly what nature intended us to do!

You know it never fails to astound me that many people with ongoing health issues enjoy a huge amount of respite from their ailments when on holidays! We should all take note of that!

There's nothing more enervating than work itself! It drains us, sucks the enthusiasm for living from our beings, leading us down the pathway of disease.

Hey, but give us a holiday and everything changes! Suddenly, with that think time, with that flex-off from the grind, we start to see possibilities. We plan. We determine. And so is born, a new beginning, a determination to change direction, and an excitement that is palpable.

A couple of my friends are fine examples of this. Both teachers, they were forever tired, not happy in their jobs, but feeling powerless. Their future looked bleak and so, they decided to take a break, some long-service leave that they were due. In that time they read, they explored options, they tried and tested, and at the end of the six months, they had set up a business that was delivering them a sound income without the stresses that had been wearing them down. The break had allowed them to relax, and through that relaxation, came inspiration.

It's a worry that for many of us, this chance will never occur. If we don't take time out, if we don't allow our minds some freedom, we may look back much later in life, regretting lost opportunities.

About the Author

Maria Rattray invites you to embrace a lifestyle that affords time freedom. Work from home and say goodbye to those endless traffic jams. Join Me Here:=> http://www.freedompursuits.com.au/getaway

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