I got a couple of days off next week — my day job gives me an extra day's holiday each year for both my work anniversary and my birthday, and conveniently those both fall in April, so I tend to take them together.
You might wonder if there's any point taking holiday in the middle of a worldwide pandemic that has us all shut in our homes, but to that I say absolutely and emphatically yes. While I don't have a problem with the "being shut in at home" part, I am very much starting to feel a strong sense of existential despair at the complete and utter pointlessness of my day job. It pays the bills and is easy, but that's sort of the problem — it's also boring, tedious and frustrating. It doesn't challenge me. And when my brain starts feeling that way about something, it kind of doesn't even want to bother starting things that are going to be annoying to do.
Don't get me wrong, I get what I have to do done, always, but mustering up the motivation to even care a little bit right now is just not something that's happening. So I'm counting on the couple of completely free days next week to relax, get my mind back in order and try to settle back in to the situation — this whole business is going to be lasting a while, after all, so I should probably try and approach things a little more positively.
On the plus side of all this, I have plenty of time to work on MoeGamer and other bits and pieces during the day, so it's not a complete loss! Going back to the office when all this is over is probably going to be a challenge…
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