I don't want this blog to ever be "rantish". While it's good to have a voice and I hope companies are listening and internalizing the good feedback out there, it's annoying when blogs only contain rants/complaints. So now, I want to write something good. Because my life is VERY good and I have no real complaints. Everyone should be so lucky!
Recently I was fortunate enough to celebrate my 5th wedding anniversary in Hawaii. We got married there with immediate family in tow and the intention of reuniting every 5 years. We're all spread out now and "vacation" often gets eaten by bouncing from home to home where, while wonderful, someone is always laden with the hosting responsibility.
I won't go into details here because while wonderful and important to me, they won't necessarily translate with due justice to others...you have to do your own thing you know? What I will say, is how odd I think it is to return to work after vacation and have people in complete bewilderment that I was able to escape for over a week without checking voicemail or email.
How sad. Your vacation is your vacation and you've earned it. I like to think that I'm communicating with my team and surrounding myself by competent people that share my philosophy on customer service thus the world will not stop if I disconnect. So, put that autoresponder out there and leave it all behind - and don't let anyone make you feel guilty about it!
Immerse yourself in your vacation so you can come back refreshed and relaxed (it's funny how it makes you realize none of it really matters anyways! Not sure if that's a good thing or not, but I kind of like it!)
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