Comments on: Time to Take Up Juggling

By: Lori

Lori — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:14:16 +0000

Wendy, you need to go where there isn't access to electronics. Where I go, it takes a good wind to bring a momentary cell signal. :)

Good luck, Becky! I hear you. Taking the entire month is a great dream, but tough to pull off in reality.

By: becky @ misspriss

becky @ misspriss — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 06:07:06 +0000

I'm going to meet with a potential client on Friday about a 3-4 month project. But I'm already letting clients know that I will not be available for on-site work in the month of December. I will probably, however, do a little remote work. I can't afford to take the entire month off — I just won't be in my normal office or available for meetings here. It is what it is. Hoping I don't lose out on the contract because of that, but if I do, I do. I can't change needing the time off, nor would I want to.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:25:10 +0000

I don't go away, unless it's for day trips or on the rare couple day getaway. I do take a week off here and there, though, just for myself.

I can get my body away from the computer, but my mind has a hard time following it. I'm always thinking about one project or another and ideas seem to flow easier during those times, much to my dismay.

By: Jake P.

Jake P. — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:26:03 +0000

SansD was great–thanks for asking. Pleasantly cool and near-perfect winds for sailing. But didn't catch anything trolling, darnit!

By: Lori

Lori — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:55:35 +0000

How was Sans Diego, Jake? :) And I never say no to work coming in, either, unless it's just too big and the deadline is yesterday on it.

Ashley good for you! Do what you say every time. If you suffer because of promises conflicting with your own schedules, you learn from that. If the client suffers, you lose from that. :)

Georganna, she's not recycling chapters, is she? Maybe adopting her online stuff for book form?

By: Paula

Paula — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:04:51 +0000

So you're telling me there's an upside to never getting away?

Yes, I often spend 5-6 days with my brother's family over Christmas. (I get to bring my dog, which is why I can be away more than one night.) Since few people I work with are in that week anyway, it's never been a problem.

I usually work a couple hours on weekends, but generally so it frees up my time during the week.

By: Jake P

Jake P — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:36:46 +0000

Count me with Devon. I scrambled till midnight the night before our recent vacation because psychologically there was NO WAY I was going to bring my laptop. I'll bend the rules for three-day weekends, etc., but this one needed to be "glowing rectangle" free, as one of the commenters on my blog put it.

I attempted to make the week before vacation a light one, but a bunch of well-paying stuff came in late, so I wasn't going to say no. But my clients also knew there weren't going to be any followups or revisions till I got back.

By: Georganna Hancock M.S.

Georganna Hancock M.S. — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:59:04 +0000

My life is pretty much free-form, and I haven't spent a night away from home since summer 2006. Travel is just too expensive!

I work whenever I feel like it. I have that luxury because I have no commitments to other people. Sometimes I feel like working all through the weekend, so I do. I like working, most of the time.

Lori--thanks for your comments about the Casagrande book I'm reviewing. Reading it is weird: I could swear I already saw the chapter on adverbs, maybe even participated in a discussion online in which she delivered the same material. I'm sure I recognized the examples!

By: Ashley

Ashley — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:58:04 +0000

I was on vacation last week, and I'll admit I made a few work-related phone calls that I promised to make. But hey, that's just following my own Golden Rule - do what you say you're going to do. But I wasn't available at all hours or constantly through the week.

It's just important to get the work done on time. If I promised to get it done, I will. But if I want to procrastinate until the last minute, fine. If I want to get it done early and take the extra time for myself, fine. Shouldn't matter as long as I get it done! If there's poor planning on my part, I pay the price. That's just how it goes. If it's poor planning on their part, well, I'll do what I can, but no guarantees.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:28:57 +0000

Thanks, Lori-make that a few hours on Friday mornings-I WISH I could afford to work only a few hours in the morning every day. 🙂