This weekend, I took a break. Not just from work, not from chores … I took a break from everything. I drove to the coast early Friday afternoon and spent the weekend amongst the trees, the surf, and (oddly enough) several rabbits in a campground.
Given, my “break” wasn’t entirely intentional. I had hoped to get a lot of work done on my laptop while I was there, but the Internet was out at the park. Instead, I had the weekend to myself, cut off from technology, work, and the other distractions of everyday life.
It was fantastic!
Now I face a new week with all of its own challenges and I’m more prepared to face them than I would have been had I spent all weekend preparing. I’m rested, refreshed, and poised on the line to start this week’s marathon workload with renewed energy reserves.
Although I do have to question, why don’t I disconnect like this more often? How much more productive would I be in the future if I took little anti-cyber jaunts like this more frequently than shabby Internet connections force me to?
Along the same vein, how much more productive will my business be as a result? Think about your own life and the brief time you spend disconnected. How much more productive would you be if those brief times were longer and more frequent?
