I'm my own little one-man-company, which means that I'm not bound by any legal constraints. In Germany it is allowed to self-exploit yourself to any degree. Still i try to get 6-8 weeks in a year free of projects. 1-2 weeks i try to take some training and the rest i go on vacation and try to pursue my other interests.

In German we call this "Urlaub", but in we learn in school that the correct translation of this word is "holidays", not "vacation". At that was the case when i went to school, which has been (~sigh~) ages ago.

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