Internet Marketing vs. Vacation - Which One Wins?

April 2, 2009 · Print This Article

Last week was spring break and we went to Florida - Disney World and the coast.  Now, maybe you think an almost 15 year old boy and a 17 year old girl are too old for Disney World but I’m here to tell you you’re wrong.  We had a blast!  I guess we’re all kids at heart when it comes to make believe.

I did have a problem, though, and I’ve learned a valuable lesson.  Don’t schedule to release your new product 2 days after your vacation.  It will cause you nights of little sleep on your trip as your mind kicks into overtime thinking about what all you have left to do, who you need to still contact, if you should tweak the product yet again before it goes live, etc, etc.

It wasn’t bad during the day, but when the outside world around me calmed down at night, I wasn’t thinking about Mickey Mouse, I was thinking about my business. I had that feeling in the pit of my stomach… you know the one you got when you were school-age and you were doing something fun when you should have been writing your big essay?

So my question to you is:  How do you COMPLETELY let go of work while you’re off having a much deserved vacation?  How do you totally turn off your marketing mind when it shows up at inappropriate times - like when it’s supposed to be going night-night?

Tips and hints appreciated.  Just hit the comment button and let me have them.

Thanks,
Peggy

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4 Responses to “Internet Marketing vs. Vacation - Which One Wins?”

  1. Nick Writer on April 2nd, 2009 2:29 pm

    Alcohol!

    I’m the same, I find it almost impossible to turn my brain off… the only answer I have found is to distract it. Doing fun activities, watching a good film, good company etc etc.

    Mostly I just have to accept that is just me and I will always be that way, no matter how much I wish it otherwise

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  2. admin on April 3rd, 2009 9:40 am

    Lol. Thanks Nick. I’ll have to try that (some more).

    Peggy

  3. Jeet on April 19th, 2009 11:09 pm

    You are right about this. So far I haven’t been able to take a vacation without taking my laptop with me. I ‘have’ to check how things are going on with my business.

    But I was lucky enough not to schedule any product launches just after vacation. As you said, during day time it’s all cool and I can enjoy myself but in night I go back to thinking about my work.

    @Nick: Maybe, I should start delegating more work and should trust my employees to handle things well in my absence.

  4. admin on April 20th, 2009 10:11 am

    Hi Jeet,
    It’s like an addiction, isn’t it?
    I remember reading how one marketer, even after he was making big bucks and didn’t need to work so hard, would pace the backyard because he was no longer used to relaxing.
    I hope we don’t get that bad…