Comments on: Taking a Day Off http://www.doublejourney.com/2008/07/18/taking-a-day-off/ Going From Good To Great Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:00:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: terrence http://www.doublejourney.com/2008/07/18/taking-a-day-off/#comment-9136 terrence Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:43:14 +0000 http://www.doublejourney.com/2008/07/18/taking-a-day-off/#comment-9136 Wow, that is a lot. I don't know what I would do with all that time off. Wow, that is a lot. I don’t know what I would do with all that time off.

]]> By: jones http://www.doublejourney.com/2008/07/18/taking-a-day-off/#comment-9116 jones Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:02:57 +0000 http://www.doublejourney.com/2008/07/18/taking-a-day-off/#comment-9116 How great that we have 25 days of paid vacation in europe. How great that we have 25 days of paid vacation in europe.

]]> By: Stephen http://www.doublejourney.com/2008/07/18/taking-a-day-off/#comment-9095 Stephen Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:47:59 +0000 http://www.doublejourney.com/2008/07/18/taking-a-day-off/#comment-9095 Work-life balance is key. When I look back each year, I always wished I had spent more time with friends or loved ones. The days go by so quickly. One day you're on a meeting for a new project, next day you start the project, then before you know it, eight months elapsed. The project is done, but nothing else happened. I didn't see anyone during that time. I'm okay with some long stretches work, but it just becomes an easy pattern for me to follow. If I don't make an effort to look up from my desk, I just keep working. So take a couple days off here and there, just so you can break yourself of the pattern. Work-life balance is key. When I look back each year, I always wished I had spent more time with friends or loved ones. The days go by so quickly. One day you’re on a meeting for a new project, next day you start the project, then before you know it, eight months elapsed. The project is done, but nothing else happened. I didn’t see anyone during that time. I’m okay with some long stretches work, but it just becomes an easy pattern for me to follow. If I don’t make an effort to look up from my desk, I just keep working.

So take a couple days off here and there, just so you can break yourself of the pattern.

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