Your Mind Needs a Vacation even if Your Body Doesn’t
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A vacation should be a good thing, especially if it’s a short mental vacation during a mediation or negotiation session.
Vacations are a chance to break the cycle of your normal routine. It can give you the opportunity to travel to new places and experience new things. For some, they find relaxation is going to the same place, the same beach house or cabin in the woods, to get away from it all.
There are many things that can go wrong to make you wish you were back in your office, sweet office. If you feel a need to ‘get away’ but also feel a need (rightly or wrongly) to stay connected to your job or business, while on ‘vacation’ you check e-mails and voice mails or call in to see what’s going on. You’re not really working, but you’re not really vacationing either.
Practical issues can cause stress. Flights may be delayed or canceled. Hotel reservations may get mixed up. The weather may not cooperate. You may become ill or injure yourself in an accident. If you’re vacationing with children, the potential for practical problems increases exponentially.
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