By Jan Vicente B. Pekas
When heading into “bakasyon”, the goal from the start had always been to make the most of this limited time given to us. After all, “bakasyon” given in a trimester school is all too fleeting, blink and you just might miss it. The feeling was the same during the start of December as we finished our last day of classes. How could I make the most of this time?
One of my mistakes in my early years in college was remaining too passive in most days. Sometimes I would get caught up in days without a set schedule that I would just remain there laying down. Tiredness did have a part to play but there is such a thing as resting too much that it simply becomes laziness.
Laziness then made the time go by a bit faster and before I knew it the enrollment period was already here and by then the days did not feel like a “bakasyon”. Given that uneasiness started to creep back up from the close proximity of the first day of classes.
This time around the feeling of passiveness did come by from time to time but I also made sure to do something at least with the time given to us.
In this time, I was at least able to try going to the gym again, something that I have not been able to do since last “bakasyon”.
Doing something seems to always make days worth it. Regardless of the tiredness and the feeling of just wanting to lay down doing nothing, doing something fun make for more enjoyable days. It also erases any regret one might have after “bakasyon”.
Now that everyone will head into “bakasyon” mode, rest becomes all the more important. After a year of work, that is indeed one of the more sought out gift during the holidays. Among friends and family, comfort will be all around us and lazing around will be more than tempting. So much so that we can just laze about through vacation without truly enjoying it.
There’s some things that we can still do. Some thing that can make this jolly season into something better. Doing nothing may seem like rest, but not so much for the mind. Passivity only lets us watch as time goes by, doing nothing. Even in this days to rest, there are some things to do, not as an obligation, but after year-long of doing our jobs and duties out of obligation, we can also take this time to do things out of enjoyment and the simple desire of wanting to do it. **
