Getting away from the web/phone for a couple of days

[thesaintv12]

I have been thinking that I have not had a break from being 'available' and 'connected' all the time for over 2 years!  Sometimes I find that on a day off I get an email to my phone which then leads to me working when I probably shouldn't be.

I am going to turn of my phones and router tonight and leave them off until Monday.

Does anyone here do that on a regular basis?  When was the last time you were not 'connected'?

[PaulH]

Couple a weeks a year on holiday, no phone no internet.

[Drastic]

Can't do it, the DTs are too rough.

[4Eyes]

yeah - mad thing to attempt

It is 100% guaranteed that servers will go down and incompetent business partners will 'fix' things in a way that f***s things up for the next 6 months at least.

[thesaintv12]

lol, you could all be right!  Still, I'll know nothing about it until Monday.  2hrs to go....

[BoL]

Check e-mail once a day. It'll take a minute if nothing is important, switch it all off...

Off to Spain in a few weeks and I'll just be pinging 2 servers to make sure they're up and check e-mail.... the rest will be sun and beer!

[dogboy]

Back in the day when I was racing dogs and training for russia, I checked email once every 3 weeks and let everything run on autopilot for months.

It's funny that we find it so important to be connected by the Internet. I remember thinking I didn't even need a cell phone. Now I'd be nurotic without it.

I think it's important to draw the line in the sand and take time for yourself. It's not just your business we are talking about, it's your life.

[Brad]

Can't do it, the DTs are too rough.

What Drastic said.

[thesaintv12]

Well, I did it!  I sent one email on Saturday morning and then switched everything off until 30mins ago.

Did anything go wrong?  No nothing! 

Was it worth it?  Yes, I feel so relaxed now that I am going to make it a regular weekend thing.  I hate to think how many hours I would normally spend at the computer over a weekend.

[Rupert]

Bloody Marvelous!  Well done.  Something everyone should do,  as

Yes, I do it, but always with difficulty.  The fist couple of days are the worst.  In the summer I try to take 3 weeks away.  Sometimes I get a phone call, but it is usually manageable.

It takes me a week to unwind, so I have 2 weeks of holiday.  I find that towards the end I find I am revving up again. 

As Dogboy said:

It's not just your business we are talking about, it's your life.