I would like to wish a Happy Midsummer to everyone who stops by the blog – and to all of you others as well.
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Today I wake up in LVL^2. The coffee doesn’t quite taste the same as it does at home, but it’s coffee, and it helps me wake up.
Yesterday we had a wonderful evening outside the motorhome. There are so many people here who, just like us, are celebrating Midsummer in Kungshamn. Some will probably take the boat or drive over to Smögen, but we are planning a quiet day here at the campsite. Perhaps we’ll take a walk to the small, beautiful park in the village.
My brother is coming to visit, and I am looking forward to that. I know the young boy is as well, because he will get to spend time with my brother’s daughter.
For now, everyone else is still asleep. I’m the only one awake.
I woke up later than usual, and my body still feels tired. I don’t sleep as well here in the motorhome as I do at home, even though I have my Nikken mattress with me.
The Nikken mattress was originally purchased to provide better comfort and pressure relief. I used to sleep very well on it, but now I’m not so sure it suits me as well as it once did. Maybe it’s the mattress, maybe it’s my body changing with age. Either way, it’s not the end of the world. The most important thing is waking up to another day.
Today, a shorter post will have to do.
I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a wonderful Midsummer, whether you’re celebrating with family, friends, neighbours, or perhaps simply enjoying a quiet day by yourself.
Family and Working Life
There is something I have been thinking about for quite some time.
It feels as though it has become harder for families to spend holidays together.
When I worked within the municipality, there was often a clearer approach to holiday scheduling. If you worked Easter, you were off for Midsummer. If you worked Christmas, you could often expect the next Christmas off. There was at least an understanding that people needed time with their loved ones.
Today, I feel things look different in many workplaces. Staffing needs to be covered, schedules need to be filled, and operations must continue. Of course, that is important. At the same time, I sometimes wonder if we have lost something along the way.
In the past, there were fewer vacation periods, and people generally knew when they would be off work. Today, it sometimes feels as though the workplace comes first and the individual second. Vacation is spread across more periods and longer stretches of time. Who really wants their main holiday in early May or late August if the rest of the family is off in the middle of summer?
I understand that essential services must continue. People need care, support, and help during Midsummer, Christmas, and Easter as well. But at the same time, we need to remember that employees are human beings too.
For me, this isn’t about choosing between work and family. It’s about finding a balance where both can coexist. When employees feel well, valued, and have time with their loved ones, the workplace often functions better too.
Holidays are rarely just about food, pickled herring, or strawberries.
They are about togetherness.
About sitting down together for a while and feeling that you belong.
Perhaps that’s why I appreciate days like these a little more these days.
Family is not less important than work. On the contrary, family is often what gives us the strength to go to work in the first place.
And with those thoughts, I wish you all a truly wonderful Midsummer.
Take care of one another.
Question for the Reader
What does Midsummer mean to you?
Is it the traditions, the food, and the celebrations – or is it more about spending time with people you care about?
And how do you view the balance between work and family life during holidays throughout the year?
Feel free to leave a comment below. I read everything, even if I don’t always reply right away.
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AHA – Between the Lines
This post is not really about coffee in a motorhome or a mattress that has grown older.
It is about gratitude for waking up to another day. About sitting quietly for a moment before the rest of the family wakes up. About appreciating what is here and now.
And perhaps it is also about longing for a society where people are allowed to be people – not just names on a work schedule.
Because in the end, it is usually the relationships we remember, not the shifts we worked.
Yesterday has already come to rest in history, tomorrow is waiting further ahead. But right now – this is where life happens.
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