Inform your clients about your pending travels well in advance and don’t forget to send a reminder. If you’re a business owner be sure to arrange appointments in a way it will accommodate your days off. Check with your team to make sure they’re not taking time off at the very same time. If you work for someone else, be sure your vacation doesn’t coincide with any big projects you want to be around for. With that said, with a little prep work you’re guaranteed a smooth transition back into reality: So when you return to the real world you’ll have the energy, the vision and the will to forge ahead. It is the only way you can recharge your batteries and refresh your creative side. I know, the inner-critic just surfaced and it's saying, “Right, easy for you to say” or “You obviously don’t have the commitments “I” have”.No matter how busy you are, how relevant you are or even how important you are, we all have to recharge and ground ourselves. To eat, drink and enjoy yourself while leaving behind the worries, work commitments, the annoying co-worker or client (yes, we all have them). Just thinking about it gave me a calming feeling and in that moment I decided it was something I needed to make happen.Just imagine what it would feel like if you made it a priority to go on vacation with your family or friends. We’re constantly bombarded with projects, tasks, soccer practice, client meetings that we tend to forget how to ‘disconnect’.Recently I was running errands in Back Bay and Downtown Boston trying to finish an important project for a client when I found myself daydreaming about how great it would be to take some time off. Because what we do pulls on our heart-strings we sometimes can’t “unplug” or “disconnect”. *sigh*Those with family commitments or businesses understand what I mean. In one hand I hold a good book, while the other grips a cold summer drink that creates an explosion of flavors in my mouth with each sip.Reality, check! This rarely happens. I can picture the sun peaking through the trees and their leaves rustling in the wind. I want to desperately feel the warm splendor hit my body as I hear birds chirping all around me. Use it!The weather is beautiful and all I want to do is lay on a hammock.

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