Anybody else just wanted to vanish for a few days??

[vernon]

I once rang my wife to be one Monday evening and said that I was going to be late. 'How late?' she asked. 'Thursday' I replied.

I haven't dared to pull that stunt again in the ensuing thirty years.

 

[annedonnelly]

Yep, I know that feeling. Not recently though, so I must've got rid of whatever it was I wanted to run away from.

Do it if you can @speccy1 It's not easy to say "no" to all the demands of life.

 

[avsd]

Take some time to yourself. Let people close to you know you are safe and turn the phone off.

 

[MarkF]

Yeah, flipped on my way to work in 1992, was on the ring road in Leeds at 8am and in New York (no job) that same night. Pre-mobile phone days tho'..........sometimes you need your own quiet time to think things though, if it's all getting too much, do it.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

It isn`t always as easy as that, unfortunately

Do you know which people don't want you to do what you want (and may need) to do? And, if so, do these people deserve to own your freedom?

There's always a bit of give and take when the demands build up. Within that give and take, there's always the take bit. And when the pressure's really on, take. So that you've got something to give back.

(My neighbour rang my doorbell 4 times today because she's lonely and wants to tell me loads of things about the next colour of her nails and the dress she's going to wear for her sister's birthday. I ignored it. I mean, I like her but I'm better company for myself.)

And yes, I've disappeared lots of times. And not answered phones. I'm a give and take person. But disappearing for a couple of days isn't really a lot to take.

 

[byegad]

I find a day's ride with the phone turned off is a great healer.

 

[snorri]

It isn`t always as easy as that, unfortunately

Not if you have a commitment to someone and don't want to renege on it, but otherwise I've found it easy enough to do.

 

[Ganymede]

That sounds like heaven to me, Arran is beautiful

I actually wrote a poem about the feeling of release I experienced crossing the water on that fine bright day. I can remember a bit, it was a double sonnet

The moment that my ferry leaves the quay
(The groaning Caledonian MacBrayne)
I know I've found the answer: cross the sea
(.......) come back to life again

I wish I could remember it all, it's tucked away in a file somewhere (on paper I mean!). It was that moment of casting-off, watching the quayside retreating and the watery gap growing wider as the boat toiled away towards the island.

My sister is a rower and says an old guy at her rowing club said to her that you always feel different when you go from shore to river, from one element to another. Interesting that @The Velvet Curtain mentioned the beach, it's a similar feeling.

The great thing was that at the end of the first day on the island, I was looking forward to going home. I stayed another day, just to be sure!

 

[AndyWilliams]

I`m tempted to do this, work is driving me nuts, general people are driving me nuts, friends, family and neighbours are driving me nuts.................

I just want to get in the car tomorrow after work, no phone or means of communication and just disappear until Sunday night without a word to anybody.

I`m supposed to be doing a charity ride at the weekend, which I have paid for so nobody loses out if I don`t do it, plus my knee is hurting for some reason or other.

Anybody else done this? If so was it worth it?

Yes often I want to. My blood condition makes me stressed out and I get depressed quick, uncontrollable. I often want to just go away for a few days. Car, Travelodge and Seaside, phone on but silent just in case.
No harm in it dude. We as people now a days, are led to believe that we have to have a phone, have to talk to people, have to be around friends, have to help people, have to follow in the rush of things, the rat race ya'know.
Your a free man (if single), you should be able to say NO without feeling guilty, do what you want in life (to a point), just go and do as your please for a few days mate.You wasn't put here to be and do all the things that pee you off.
As long as your mentally stable and not thinking anything silly. Why not?
Live life, Have fun, Be lucky

 

[albion]

I'd suggest you vanish into your charity ride. Its easy to materialise a problem and insist that the maddening crowd sticks to their pace.

 

[jonnysnorocket]

I do it regularly, just bung the bike (or the Labrador) & tent in the back of the car & bugger off for a few days, always done it, always will as long as I'm able.
I do however, let my loved ones know I'm off in search of my sanity and that I will be off the radar for a while. Always come back feeling better and chilled (as does the dog) I can thoroughly recommend it, as far as I'm concerned it's a very important & necessary release for me.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Nah, there'd just be twice as much work and such waiting for me when I got back.

 

[yello]

I think wanting to bugger off for a bit is totally understandable. I think it a shame that we feel that we can't.

One might want to look a little deeper, to understand why you want to disappear. There might be an issue there and buggering off is a reaction/symptom, or it may simply be a desire for a break. Either way, a few days away could give you the space to think.

 

[PaulB]

I vanished for seven months. Went to Scotland and climbed 122 Munros, nearly all on my own. In all that time, I spoke with maybe 30 people in total. This was April-October two years ago, 2012. And yes, it was very worth it.

 

[Berties]

It's funny I used to feel like getting away ,solo,before I cycled so much,some days I leave home I the morning at 8 and only resurface for a hour in the afternoon then go home to sleep at 10,I turn my phone on Silent on the bike,any messages can wait,I have picked up a back pack and booked a band b and walked sections of the coast path to clear my noggin,again solo,my favourite is any thing on the water ,kayak or in the rib ,I can just sit there and look back to land and watch all the ants running about ,whilst I just bob about very therapeutic