Minnesota’s north shore at Naniboujou Lodge.
Tim O’Reilly tweeted this earlier today:
“It’s amazing how much easier it is to be on vacation when away from home. A home vacation is too easy to turn into work catchup.”
No shit. As I’ve written previously, the idea of someone else paying me while I’m on vacation is mostly a foreign concept to me. And the notion that I’m accruing additional vacation time while on vacation just stops me in my tracks. Spending 25+ years self-employed will do that.
I took vacation time December 18-26 (with two paid holidays in the mix). The mistake was staying home: All I did was catch up with ARTS & FARCES work and everyone knew I was here so the emails didn’t stop.
The trick that I’ll have to remember is to do what I did last summer: get out of town, leave the laptop at home, and wander somewhere without mobile phone service.
