Vacation, I forget everything...?
7 August 2012
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All year long, conscientious, you plan, implement, schedule. And now that summer has arrived, you suddenly find yourself imagining that this constraint will disappear.... Is it possible to go on vacation without preparing your departure beforehand, even if your absence is short? Is it even conceivable to rush to bask on the sandy beaches while your team faces the difficulties you know so well, without having previously put your mind on "off"? And how do you do that? How to achieve the famous "vacation, I forget everything"?
Getting organized before leaving
In order to be able to leave the office early, on D-day, and with a clear mind, it is important not to have waited until the last minute to finish your files. Think about getting organized well before your departure. Knowing what is a priority, what can wait, knowing -and letting others know- who will take over if necessary, having delegated to the right people what should have been done is not improvised and it is best not to do it at the last minute. Let us briefly recall here that delegatingdoes not mean getting rid of a file, but rather specifying to the colleague(s) concerned what are the crucial points and necessities related to the task in question. Also, don't forget to let people know your return date and how you can be reached.
(Dis)connecting
It is impossible to experience the "vacation, I forget everything" if your mobile phone wakes up your professional worries every hour, if your computer makes you jump at every new email received. So be sure to disconnect literally and figuratively, to temporarily leave this fierce dependence on quick, immediate information. The only way to find yourself and finally be able to ask yourself all those essential and existential questions that have been waiting for the entire past year is to take a real distance from your regular activity.
Resting "actively"
However, it would be absolutely pointless to ask a hyperactive person to remain totally inactive for more than a few days. This would be vain, even counterproductive, in a spirit of "recharging batteries". Rest, certainly, but it is not a question of doing nothing, of ceasing all activity, radically. Vary, discover other horizons, other interests, without falling into any physical and/or intellectual laziness that would only bring about unwanted moroseness. Know how to laze around without "fare niente" (doing nothing).
Returning fit and strong
Beyond the pleasure of happy moments shared, vacations serve to return in top shape, more precise, more focused, more concentrated, more efficient. They must allow you to return to action, decided, clearer in your choices and decisions. They offer renewal, the dreamed-of new beginning.
It is therefore pointless to start the race in the starting blocks before having found your energy....
Article written by The ReKrute.com team
Posted online August 7, 2012.
Getting organized before leaving
In order to be able to leave the office early, on D-day, and with a clear mind, it is important not to have waited until the last minute to finish your files. Think about getting organized well before your departure. Knowing what is a priority, what can wait, knowing -and letting others know- who will take over if necessary, having delegated to the right people what should have been done is not improvised and it is best not to do it at the last minute. Let us briefly recall here that delegatingdoes not mean getting rid of a file, but rather specifying to the colleague(s) concerned what are the crucial points and necessities related to the task in question. Also, don't forget to let people know your return date and how you can be reached.
(Dis)connecting
It is impossible to experience the "vacation, I forget everything" if your mobile phone wakes up your professional worries every hour, if your computer makes you jump at every new email received. So be sure to disconnect literally and figuratively, to temporarily leave this fierce dependence on quick, immediate information. The only way to find yourself and finally be able to ask yourself all those essential and existential questions that have been waiting for the entire past year is to take a real distance from your regular activity.
Resting "actively"
However, it would be absolutely pointless to ask a hyperactive person to remain totally inactive for more than a few days. This would be vain, even counterproductive, in a spirit of "recharging batteries". Rest, certainly, but it is not a question of doing nothing, of ceasing all activity, radically. Vary, discover other horizons, other interests, without falling into any physical and/or intellectual laziness that would only bring about unwanted moroseness. Know how to laze around without "fare niente" (doing nothing).
Returning fit and strong
Beyond the pleasure of happy moments shared, vacations serve to return in top shape, more precise, more focused, more concentrated, more efficient. They must allow you to return to action, decided, clearer in your choices and decisions. They offer renewal, the dreamed-of new beginning.
It is therefore pointless to start the race in the starting blocks before having found your energy....
Article written by The ReKrute.com team
Posted online August 7, 2012.
