Switch off and go on staycation

There used to be nothing better than summer vacation growing up in the United States - 3 long months of staycation. Slip & Slide water fun, running through sprinklers in the front garden with neighbors, playing tennis in the free local courts, baseball with friends, family and hotdogs on the weekends in the park. 

Music and art festivals day & night all summer long. Ice-cold lemonade, ice-tea, barbecue and swimming pools, riding bikes, running along the lake, boating, and building castles.

American towns and cities are built for living all year round and there’s no time to take advantage of them like summer time! 

Some families mixed in a couple of weeks holiday to France, Italy or more likely the East Coast or Florida or just camp, but taking off work or school meant switching off and playing up, then starting back up at work or school renewed, full of energy and with a bagful of joy and great stories to share.

But a July 16th article in the New York Times Learning how to Vacation, says that the staycation - a vacation where you stay at home - or nocation is becoming the only alternative as Americans are afraid to take time off in times of crisis incase they risk their job. But this is counter productive for yourselves and in turn for your company.

When you are “connected” as we now are 24/7 and don’t take time to switch off you are less efficient and creative when you are switched on. This in the long run hurts a company as they end up with staff working at 50% efficiency. A tired staff brings tired results. So turn off your phones and go play baseball.

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