Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day by Jake Knapp & John Zeratsky

Author:Jake Knapp & John Zeratsky
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: self help
Publisher: Currency
Published: 2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00

41. Vacation Off the Grid

Have you ever received an “out of office” email response like this?

“I’m on vacation this week, off the grid without access to email, but I’ll reply to your message when I return.”

The sentence conjures the image of some remote adventure: a desolate desert landscape, a frozen forest in the Yukon, or perhaps some spelunking. But it doesn’t actually say the person is in an isolated location with no cell towers. It just says she or he isn’t accessing the Internet for a week.

You can say the exact same thing when you go on vacation, no matter where you’re going. You can choose to go off the grid. It can be hard, because most workplaces have an implicit (and crazy) expectation that you’ll check email during your time off. But even if it’s hard, it is usually possible.

And it’s worth the effort. Laser mode matters when you’re on vacation. More, maybe, because vacation time is so limited and precious. It’s the perfect time to delete your work email app (#24) and leave your laptop behind (#22). You can—and should—go off the grid anywhere and take a real vacation.

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