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By: David Werdiger
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Jun 9
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What makes a good holiday?

If you’re sitting glued to your phone, does it make a difference if you’re at home or at the beach?

A friend tried 48 hours without technology on her recent holiday and wrote about the experience. The bit about her stress levels is worth reading.

 

Link to the full piece:

https://www.wealth-reimagined.com/content/48-hours-without-technology-lessons-learned

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Productivity culture runs like a hamster wheel. It just keeps running, at the same pace, going nowhere.

Do you manage your time like a hamster wheel or do you put a training program in place and find time to rest?

There's a scene in "Mad Men" where Don Draper is asked what he thought about Hawaii, and instead of talking about beaches, he talks about becoming someone else. Not a version of himself with better tan lines and a Mai Tai. A different person. One who, for a few days, didn't miss

I recently took one of the best holidays of my life, and I never left the resort.

Turns out the destination is beside the point. What you're actually chasing is a change of pace, and if your holiday runs on the same schedule as your working week, you've just moved the treadmill

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