New York Times reporter Matt Richtel (and author of the forthcoming "Floodgate") talks about what he learned from an unsuccessful vacation about disconnecting and getting away.
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I dunno, I never seem to have a hard time enjoying a vacation. I don't really have any empathy for these high-stimulus Blackberry addicts and their
problems with "relaxing." It goes far deeper for these people - not being able to turn off and relax has to do with a need to feel important and needed, and to be viewed as a productive and successful player.
No one, ever, is going to get fired or lose business if they take a real break. What you may lose while you're relaxing, you gain when you return via renewed energy. Simple as that.
Is this what we've come to? Needing advice on how to prepare mentally for a vacation--that's if you have a job to get away from.
It would be great to leave phone and tech behind. It would be better if the company I work for would leave us alone on vacay. Your manager may say "enjoy" but then he's texting or sending an email he needs you to respond to. If the companies didn't feel like they own you, it would be easier to un-plug.
To Elizabeth - you really made me laugh! I'm going to Cape Cod next weekend to visit my in-laws . . .
The guest sounds like he could use a vacation, he's yelling.
Never take a week (Monday - Friday). Always, always, always take the extra day (the following Monday) of. Otherwise you feel as if you never left.
Gets away? From what?? Too many folks don't have jobs to get away from. And they certainly don't have the quid.
Remember that there is a difference between a FAMILY TRIP and a VACATION! Don't go visit your family and your trip will be MUCH more relaxing.
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