My summer vacation just ended today

I am 34 and I do not study in college or school. I am a software engineer who has been working tirelessly for the last 11 years and recently quit my job at ServiceNow. I never took a break while switching jobs and always had a continuous joining the very next week after my last working day.

Actually, I should not say never because I took 2 weeks off after leaving Flipkart in 2021, but during that same period I got married and had a honeymoon. So not a vacation per se!

Summer Vacation?

It is spring. It is March! But it is the same time of year when school used to end after the yearly final exams, before the next year’s classes would commence in the first week of April. The last week of March would make me anxious about the results. I used to dread the parent-teacher meetings.

The real summer vacation would come later in the month of June - one month of yearly vacation. This March reminds me of that same time of year - the summer break!

I would wake up at the same time in the morning (because my parents left for their jobs early), so technically nothing changed there, but then I would spend the rest of the day just doing idle stuff. I would visit my grandparents and cousins, sleep in the afternoon, wake up in the evening and then play whatever sport I was fancying at that time. In short: Eat, sleep, chill, and repeat.

What did I do now?

Wake up at the same time in the morning, read a book on my Kindle, freshen up, and play video games for the next 2 hours, have breakfast and check for office messages, do a KT session and carry on with the day. In the afternoon, I would take a power nap after lunch and play video games again! Get up in the late afternoon and go to the gym. Come back from the gym, and cook dinner to have it by 6:30 PM. I was less stressed and mindful!

In short - Eat, play video games, [paid work], gym, sleep, and repeat.

Bit different, but I am an adult now, Lol.

Is it possible?

Honestly, I want to make money, loads of it, so that I don’t have to worry about things. Simple!

And also, I want to be less stressed about it for the rest of my life. Is it possible to earn a living, make money, get a comfortable life for myself and my parents without being stressed? Is it possible to not worry about money?

Am I trying to escape reality?

Maybe someday down the line, I will find my answers!