Well I'm back from almost a week offline and I survived! I had to take on a few work projects in the week between Christmas and New Year's that I knew would never get done if I waited for the hustle and bustle to return, but I condensed that work into two days, threw in some dr and dentist appointments for my kids, and then took the rest of the week through New Year's Day completely off -- didn't even respond to holiday text messages, which felt a tad impish, but nice in the sense that I was traveling with family and wasn't off checking messages constantly.
Good job! I have often maintained that I'd rather do a little maintenance work during the holiday and be less stressed about coming back to work then to to truly do nothing and know there'd be a mountain of work. I realize it's a slippery slope of course, but sounds like you pulled it off!
Well I'm back from almost a week offline and I survived! I had to take on a few work projects in the week between Christmas and New Year's that I knew would never get done if I waited for the hustle and bustle to return, but I condensed that work into two days, threw in some dr and dentist appointments for my kids, and then took the rest of the week through New Year's Day completely off -- didn't even respond to holiday text messages, which felt a tad impish, but nice in the sense that I was traveling with family and wasn't off checking messages constantly.
Good job! I have often maintained that I'd rather do a little maintenance work during the holiday and be less stressed about coming back to work then to to truly do nothing and know there'd be a mountain of work. I realize it's a slippery slope of course, but sounds like you pulled it off!