I Just Want to Travel Again

in OCD4 years ago (edited)

Hello Hiveians!

I am now in the 12th day of this 30-Day Blogging Challenge that was initiated by @tegoshei. I asked her of how many joined the challenge and she said it was about 20 and only 12 are still active. Both are good numbers to start with and it's very understandable if we see fewer numbers in the coming days. I, for what its worth, have been very amazed of the outcome of this challenge even if we're still almost half way there. You might ask why?

I don't know why, but the topic for today is too close to me and yet I don't want to write about it. But since I have to continue with this or else I'll be breaking the promise I made to myself 13 days ago, I need to pursue with this no matter what. You see, I'm writing this at 10:00 PM when I should be sleeping. Before that I was watching Blacklist on Netflix. Quiet fair for a series because I was really hooked. Because of this challenge, I was forced to cut midway through the season finale of Season 4. Bummer.

Now let's get this over with because it's either I should go to bed or continue watching the series to see through the end of season finale. To tell you honestly, I'm tired. Tired of everything and I really wanted a bail out even just for a while, but I can't do that because it's not yet possible to do the very thing that made me cope up with the stress in the past.

It's quiet ironic to talk about what I'd do to recharge when I'm nearly drained. It's like making a noise on Twitter about the recent #twitterhack. I know that's a bad analogy, but I hope you get the point.

Right now I'm like a boiling kettle without an exhaust. I'm near my limit at work because the very coping mechanism that works best for me is not yet possible because of the virus. This adds frustration in me which is stacked up with the current pressure at work. I'm tired of cleaning after people's mess. I'm tired of keeping up with their high expectations. I'm nearing my tipping point.

When I'm drained, I travel.

Traveling is physically exhausting, but it is mentally invigorating for me. Fresh ideas, solutions to problems at work, and some weird but fascinating imaginations come out when I'm on the road or at the peak on one of the mountains here in Cebu. As @thegaillery had said before, we love novelty... and travel could give me just that. The reason why I was able to sweep the pressure at work under the rug before is because I felt so alive and motivated to go to work again after a long weekend somewhere.

I tried anything I can think of to recharge, but nothing comes close as effective as traveling. I just bought a yoga mat from my friend and I haven't touched it yet. Yoga is effective as it makes me feel good after, but the effects don't last long. Watching movies, reading, or attempting to learn a new language just to break the monotonous day are good, but they last only after a few attempts.

Blogging comes the closest to travel because I am able to reminisce the travel I had done, but since I'm in this challenge, my travel series would have to be temporarily halted. I will definitely pick it up over the weekend. But the another problem arises; I only have a handful of travel posts left which is not a good thing because I don't know when this quarantine will be lifted.

There's a good news though. Tourism in various parts of the province might be opened again soon, but there's no fixed date yet. I'm apprehensive of this move because of the alarming increase of cases in the city. I'm not sure how they will pull this through, but I really need to travel soon to blow off some steam. I have been very unproductive at work lately.

Earlier this afternoon, I slept on the bus instead of writing because I was really tired even if I haven't done much the whole day. I hope this will be remedied soon because I really hate the feeling when I'm unproductive.

I'm sure we have different ways of recharging. I'm curious to know yours. Comment down below or make a post about it.

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Kim Ybañez

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 4 years ago  

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The current situation is truly devastating for people who loves travelling. I may not be one of those people, but I can imagine the frustration. Let's hope for everything to be back to how it was if not better. ☺ Take care, Kim!

 4 years ago  

Grabe jud akong frustrations Shei. Gamay nalang gyud kulang, mubuto nako sa office.

Kamo sad diha Shei. Amping pirmi.

Kapit lang sa jud Kim... find an alternative way to relax lang sa para dli ka ma.burnout...

Thanks Kim! :)

Recharging is very necessary. I love travelling too, but it's quite expensive. So, what I do is disconnect from all social media, find a good book and indulge myself in.

 4 years ago  

That's also a nice way to recharge. I love the idea of getting lost in a book. I might try it to see if it suits me.

Traveling is the ultimate way to recharge. To be away from our usual routine and environment. When we were in the middle east, we needed to get away at least every three months from the sandpit.. There are other activities apart from shopping and eating out but after living there for years, we ran out places to go. As you said, it's the novelty, a break out of the rut, and this gets us motivated again.

 4 years ago  

But it's expensive! 😂
I bet you have a lot of incoming travel posts as you have been so well travelled. I'm running out of travel posts so I need to travel soon.

I would rather spend on creating memories than to spend on material things. Most of my money goes to travel. I'm not regretting anything though. Most of my peers are now building a house, a family of their own, or buying a car. Meanwhile, I'm still figuring out on what to do. I just want to travel - that's one thing I'm certain.

Exactly,expensive as it may,it's worth it. We see it the same way. We want to capitalize on experiences. Seeing how my daughter is growing up having been bitten by the travel bug makes me happy. We didn't really invest in building a house. We are renting for now. Of course it's still a dream to have one someday. But we want to continue traveling and wouldn't want to be tied down paying a mortgage. We haven't made any travel plans this year. I guess we will see how things go.

 4 years ago  

Your daughter is so blessed to have parents who are avid travellers. I was the only one in the family who value travel more than anything else. My mother would always nag at me that I kept on travelling when I say that I don't have money.

All my plans for this year are cancelled. Good for you, you don't need to cancel your plans. It really hurts. 😂

Hold on tight to the alternatives that keep you sane. It may not offer you similar effects the way traveling does, but hold on tight. Look for another alternative if the one you are doing right now doesn't fit. When this is over, you should treat yourself. A week-long vacay, perhaps? Or every weekend, you must be on a trip. Hehe, that's what I'm thinking these past few weeks. I've been itching to go out and travel, too. Plus, I miss my family so bad. I need a good reset on everything. I've been listing places and write them on my bujo. It thrills me, somehow. Hopefully, this pandemic will end soonest.

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I know right... I want to travel too soon... hopefully, when this is lifted, all three of us (including the baby) can go around the province or even the neighboring islands!

 4 years ago  

That would be awesome! A traveling family. Hopefully this will be over soon so that we can all travel to our chosen destinations.