It is not easy to be engaged with one thing over and over. If it is not for the sake of having a better life, most people would have preferred to put work and their studies aside and simply enjoy life.
We work more than we rest, looking at the calendar, we only have two days free in a week, the remaining days are for work. Unfortunately, even the two days that are supposed to be free, for some people, those days are not different from working days.
This makes people long for holidays, a period where they are away from work to simply rest and recover.
Unfortunately, breaks are usually short, sometimes, in 12 months, only 2 or 3 months are for holidays, the rest are for work.
It hurts because for some people, that time is usually not enough to spend with their families.
Just when you are beginning to enjoy the break, you will discover that it is already coming to an end.
Each time I talk on the subject of holiday my heart goes to the military personnel. It is as if their entire life is dedicated to service. Sometimes , a soldier will not come home for two or three years.
And when he/she finally gets a pass, one would expect that they would spend months, sadly, the highest they get is a month or two.
I often wonder how they cope. Normal life, away from work, becomes something very expensive for them. They can only wish for holidays.
But it is life, there is always a price attached to everything. I respect them a lot because they sacrifice everything, even their happiness and rest just to ensure that we live in peace.
I wish that holidays for certain jobs like the military can be extended so that they can get enough rest and enjoy the company of their families too.
Do You Think There Are Enough Holidays In The Year?
As much as I love rest, I also believe that too much of everything is bad. Imagine that because we feel holidays are not enough, so, the government added more holidays even making it equal to the working days.
Do you think we would be able to achieve our goals in our various fields? Are we going to have enough time to work as it is supposed to be without rushing things?
There was a year ASUU (Academic Staff Union Of Universities) went on strike in Nigeria, most universities were affected by the strike. Students were forced to stay at home for a very long period of time, I think almost a year.
It was such a long break, so to say, when school finally resumed, a lot changed, and the school calendar was affected badly. In order to meet up, students had to be rushed, lectures were rushed, tests were rushed and so was examinations.
I wonder how students cope with that kind of sudden change.
Obviously, there are not enough holidays in the year, but sometimes it is not always about what we want, it is about the future, our targets and our goals.
Just like a soldier will sacrifice his time to defend the nation, so we ought to sacrifice looking for many holidays in order to meet up with targets.
The truth is that even if we have all the year for a holiday, it still won't be enough. Our desires are insatiable, the more we get, the more we want.
Instead of looking for more holidays, I think if we make wise use of the ones we have, they will still matter.
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