off days

2026-07-14

Today I took a day off, because I felt like I caught a cold. My head was kinda dizzy, and my nose was stuffed up. I didn’t check slack all day, assmued everything good.

I need off days.

To be exact, I only want to work for < 2 days, max 10 hours a week. Anything more than that feels like a chore.

There was one time when a friend of mine asked me to get a tattoo with him, I took 4 hours off that day. Still not very happy because I knew I have to get back to work later, and during that 4 hours I kept thinking about work, it felt like overtime.

I read 2 books where authors shared similiar idea like me, one is 做二休五, it’s a book about how the author lived a hibrinated/ secluded life with 2 days of part-time job a week, how he didn’t go to uni after high school because he felt it was not necessary. The other is 东京八平米, about how the author rented an 8-square-meter apartment in tokyo, how she lived a simple life. I crave these types of simple lives.

After my great depression in year one of grad school, I realized that I don’t need much to survive. Consequently, I don’t want to work long hours. I need more off days than I need work days, only me time can let my creativity flow freely. I want to live that kind of life where I “work” as little as possible to support my lifestyle, then devote my time & energy on things that I love.