Yes, I am back on about the work/life thing! I am not sure how many of you strive to be successful at work/life balance but I know I generally fail dismally. Somehow work creeps into every area of life and even when I have time off, I'm still aware of twitter, instant messenger, email, cell phone, etc. I can't remember when last I simply sat and watched a full hour of tv. Usually I have one ear and eye on the telly and the other on my computer or cell phone. No wonder we are the most stressed generation ever! Life is just too instant and time is maximised by filling it with as much as possible. With stress being the number one killer, I've started to really stress (!) about what I am doing to myself.
Last week, therefore, I decided to take time out and go sailing with some friends who have a fabulous boat called Aero. What joy! Of course you want to know you are in safe hands and I couldnt have felt safer than with our skipper and the owner of the yacht, Bruce Stirk from Boat Brokers. If anyone knows his sailing stuff, its Bruce. This meant all I had to do was sit back and enjoy the view, the yacht and the champers! I didn't think about work nor did I miss my computer (despite announcing on arrival that I should have brought my laptop). Those few hours energised me more than anything I have enjoyed in the past 6 months and the amount of work I accomplished afterwards was the equivalent of a couple of days hard graft. The lesson is an obvious one and certainly something us career people all know - take time out, enjoy a completely different environment sometimes and remember that very often not responding to every form of communication the minute you get it, does not mean the world will collapse. That I should be so important!
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