Today I had to leave Brighton to fly back to Germany. My flight was leaving at 15:30, so I had plenty of time and spent this morning strolling around the city and getting some writing done.

After using the excellent train connection to London Gatwick, I still had some time left until my flight departed. I started refactoring the templates for my website until it was time to board. The flight was ridiculously short and after another hour of driving I was finally home.

Although I didn’t really do anything today apart from walking, sitting and waiting, I’m really knackered. I guess travelling is really exhausting, no matter how long your trip is. At least, that’s what I learnt today.

Today I travelled to Brighton because I’m attending Indie Web Camp this weekend. I flew in today (on Friday) and I’m leaving on Monday. So if I count the days of arrival and departure that would be four days, two of which I’m out of office and not able to do any client work.

I used to beat me up over this a lot. Up until recently I couldn’t really enjoy travelling because I always thought I should be working instead.

But today I realised that there’s nothing wrong with taking the time to travel, especially if it is for the purpose of learning new things. And the client world didn’t go down either. Sure, I had to deal with some email but nothing so serious that it couldn’t be dealt with when I’m back. I guess I need to take things easy once in a while. That’s what I learnt today.