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How I'm planning on taking a month off

How I'm planning on taking a month off

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Jan 09, 2024
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woman in brown sun hat lying on sand during daytime
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I’ve decided to take some time off this year. The last time I went on vacation was January 4, 2020. We came back from Mexico in January and it was pretty much straight into the anxiety that was/is COVID-19.

(To this day I’m so glad my friend and I said no to dancing in a jungle for New Year’s Eve. I come from the Caribbean, there is nothing fun or festive about dancing in a forest. You know what’s in a jungle? Bugs that bite you and give you dengue or yellow fever.) Yes, I have been vaccinated for yellow fever.

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