Living in an active city such as Barcelona definitely has it’s pros.
Endless lists of new places to visit, amazing night life, cute little coffee shops that are calling your name on every corner and those rooftops… oh don’t get me started on the rooftops. Amazing views of the whole city, lounge music, cocktails and that “hotel” vibe we all love. Ok – pretty clear that I love Barcelona. However, this got me thinking.
Why is it that on certain Saturday afternoons I feel a sense of guilt when all I want to do is turn Netflix on, grab a bag of popcorn and stay in my pjs all day? Does anyone else get the sense of pressure to go out and enjoy all the amazing possibilities that could be happening today, when on the inside all you want to really do is stay home? There’s a certain pressure I sometimes feel when I’m indoors while there’s a beautiful blue sky outside and my facebook events are popping up every hour announcing the start of an exciting event just around the corner. It’s been several times that I force myself out the door thinking that I have to take advantage of this amazing city and its events , only to come back a few hours later having a good time, but deep down thinking that it wasn’t worth all that extra effort. Is that crazy?
I think that because of the fact that i’ve gone to several AMAZING events that I would have not forgiven myself if Id missed, I don’t want the miss the chance to discover new ones, but I’m guessing I just need to balance that out to have those much-needed reflex pajama days. (Some of those awesome-cont-miss events have been the Feria Sevillana, Barcelona Beach Festival and Vegetarian fair at Port Vell just to name a few!!)
This weekend I found myself feeling a huge wave of relief when I opened the curtains and saw the day was gray and slightly raining (this doesn’t happen often in Barcelona). So, you could imagine my head telling me “HA, now there’s no way you can go out, and you have the perfect excuse to stay in all day”. Am I alone in this feeling or not? Does living in a city full of possibilities mean you have to live an exciting life every day? I need to figure out these rules and how to balance that no-event guilt.
