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Hitting the Reset Button after an Info-Free Vacation

Started by TLF · 3 months ago

Could you make it through an entire 5-day vacation without the Internet, blogs, e-mail and your other daily informational inputs? Well, I almost did it. Why would I do that? Two reasons. First, a few months ago I read a random blog post in which someone deep within the comments to the en ... Continue reading »

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  • I've found that taking 15 minutes per vacation day is not a detriment to family time and avoids the feeling of drowning when you return -- I power through my feeds and star ones I want to return to. Delete emails I don't want and plan to return to necessary ones when I get back.
  • We enjoyed your vacation too, Adam. Take more!
  • When I went on vacation and didn't have access to email or whatever for more than a couple of days, I usually just deleted en masse everything that came in, except for emails from my bank/billpay. I'd go thru the snail mail, trash EVERYTHING except bills, etc. Not once have I gotten stung doing this.

    Also, you need to discover a thing called "Vacation Hold" for your newspapers!

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