17 Days, but who's counting!

T - 17 Days! Woo, que the jumping around for joy at the thought of baking and spending Sundays snuggled up by the fire with Jack after a national trust mooch!... And only 17 more cup of coffee at Jims British Market! (Also can we appreciate that yesterday marked my one month of being here - 23rd August) Surprisingly, time has flown by.

I genuinely have no idea who could do this job, full time, WITHOUT something else to do..like an online job or education (otherwise known as an Au-pair)! (Of course I have my little beauty business but quite honestly it's only now i've felt up to looking at it). Everyone told me though the tough period I experienced, 'just get out there, explore, use your time wisely'. Okay, that's great for the first 2 weeks, but what if I've done everything? Twice?! At a minimum! I've now hit the minor issue of having done everything close to me. I've asked locals what to do, I've asked tourists what to do and I've consulted over 101 blogs about the area, trust me, if it's within an hour or so radius of Saint Genis, I've done it, the trouble of going further afield is that in the week I need to be close to home (that's what I get paid for!) and the weekends no one want to do anything besides work or relax at home and I personally wouldn't want to do a two hour drive on my own, in a foreign county, where I don't have the connections to call upon someone should anything go wrong.

I have also come to the conclusion that people here LIVE for working, eating and sleeping. Weekends are for relaxing and having no money (or working!). Well at least that's the type of people i've met, and quite frankly, that's not my cup of tea or more to the point how I like to spend my life, a lifestyle choice as it were. I enjoy country walks, being outdoors, being in the company of friends, trying new coffee shops and keeping active both physically and mentally stimulated.

There is a time and place for down time but when your actually tired. After getting over the emotional exhaustion upon my arrival here in Geneva, I now find myself in a state of tiredness of not being active and craving to be mentally stimulated (physically i'm getting those 10,000 daily steps in!) Be assured I understand some of you think the sound of doing nothing 19/7 (because I work 8 hr p/w..my boss is nice, not because that is what i'm contacted to do) Sounds devine with your burn out selves, however, after 3 weeks, take my word for it, it gets old. Or maybe it's just my character, needing to be kept active. Saying all of this, I laugh at myself at the thought of being back in the UK, manic as ever, reminiscing to this time only wishing I was back not out of regret but purely having the luxury of TIME.

I hope from this description, you grasp just one of the contributions as to why I took the brave decision to discontinue my - supposed to be - year long workcation in the global hub for diplomacy and banking, a city that doesn't compare, Geneva.

Mentally, I think it is fairly clear - I am feeling a lot stronger and back to some sort of normality. I can't lie and say the countdown app isn't helping masses to see the days and hours until I come home (which in high sight may not be partially healthy) but i'm joyful and spending time socialising so it can't be doing much harm!

Love, Amber xxx