Just 5 Minutes

Do you have those days where everything goes at full pelt and all you want to do is sit for 5 minutes and do nothing to then have it interrupted by your partner / husband and then a full blown guilt trip takes over?

I love my Fridays off work, and I couldn't believe it over the Christmas period when I was having one of my mad clearing out sessions, that I had in fact had a 4 day working week in my main job for 3 years!

I can't even recall where those 3 years have gone, but boy have I enjoyed those Fridays to myself to be able to get up and do what I want with no interruptions from my partner asking what I'm doing, when will dinner be ready, and can you just ....................

I initially took the Fridays off to help my partner with his bookwork as it was too much in the evenings after both of us working full time, and the last thing we both wanted to do was create invoices and quotes until the early hours. So I decided that Fridays were the answer and then where possible to squeeze in long weekends away (BTW, that hasn't happened).

Over the 3 years I have managed to just do the paperwork on a Friday morning by 9.00am and then the rest of the day is my own, and I have been able to get creative, source vintage finds, do 1 day classes and meet some of my followers on Instagram who live locally to me for a coffee, but best of all I have been able to meet up with friends and family that I could only do when it was the School Holidays.

The quality and balance that this has made to my life far out ways the 5 day week that I was doing and working on a Friday for nothing! Yes, you read right nothing. When I worked out my tax, national insurance and pension, I was actually giving my work place a day a week for nothing. So over the years how many free days have I worked? it really doesn't bare thinking about.

So, if you do want to just sit for 5 minutes maybe take that time to work out what can you do to make your life better and less stressful, maybe working out your finances and seeing if you can afford that magical day off to yourself is the answer - you wont regret it.

So tomorrow you will find me having the sparkles covered over, and then an afternoon of rummaging in my favourite vintage warehouse looking for treasure.

Have a wonderful weekend and week.

Sarah x