WEBVTT - The New Corner Office: Take a working vacation

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the New Corner Office.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is to consider taking a working vacation. If

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<v Speaker 1>you handle it right, devoting a little time to work

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<v Speaker 1>while you're on vacation can enable you to take a

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<v Speaker 1>much longer vacation, and you and your family might just

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<v Speaker 1>decide that that's worth it. This episode is likely airing

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<v Speaker 1>while my family and I are at the beach. With

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<v Speaker 1>camps canceled this summer, we decided to tack on a

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<v Speaker 1>few extra weeks of rentals. I also took along my

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<v Speaker 1>laptop and scheduled some calls. Why well, if I do

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<v Speaker 1>a few hours of work while we're on vacation, we

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<v Speaker 1>can go for weeks. If I decided to draw a

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<v Speaker 1>bright line in the sand and say no work on vacation,

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<v Speaker 1>well we probably wouldn't go hang out on the literal

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<v Speaker 1>sand for more than a week if that. One of

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<v Speaker 1>the upsides of working from home is that you don't

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<v Speaker 1>always have to work from home. A coffee shop or

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<v Speaker 1>coworking space can provide some variety, and a table at

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<v Speaker 1>a beach rental can work too. Many people find it

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<v Speaker 1>hard to travel far if they don't have unlimited vacation days,

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<v Speaker 1>or even if they do. We all have jobs that

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<v Speaker 1>need to get done. But location flexibility makes it possible

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<v Speaker 1>to do some serious travel as long as work can

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<v Speaker 1>be part of the picture too. For instance, if you

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<v Speaker 1>elect to work on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday during a

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<v Speaker 1>vacation week, you can get a full week out a

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<v Speaker 1>vacation destination plus the weekends for the price of two

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<v Speaker 1>vacation days. Not bad. That means you could take a

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<v Speaker 1>full month somewhere for the price of eight or so days.

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<v Speaker 1>And if your office closes for a day or two

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<v Speaker 1>in there, as many people do for say the fourth

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<v Speaker 1>of July, then you can take a month for the

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<v Speaker 1>price of or seven vacation days. This is a pretty

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<v Speaker 1>good deal. It makes it possible to travel to some

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<v Speaker 1>exotic places. I know a lot of international travel is

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<v Speaker 1>still limited this year with COVID restrictions, but in the future,

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<v Speaker 1>an American family could go spend a month in Europe

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<v Speaker 1>with the breadwinner working remotely for ten days in there.

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<v Speaker 1>With the time difference, he or she wouldn't even have

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<v Speaker 1>to miss out on all the sight seeing on those days.

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<v Speaker 1>Working from two pm to ten pm in Spain could

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<v Speaker 1>cover a work day in the US and allow for

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<v Speaker 1>mornings with the family and museums. If you don't need

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<v Speaker 1>to keep track of vacation days, maybe because you work

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<v Speaker 1>for yourself, then this calculus is less relevant, But allowing

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<v Speaker 1>for some work during travel weeks can still open up possibilities.

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<v Speaker 1>Depending on where you're going and what you're doing. You

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<v Speaker 1>could either do an hour or two before the family

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<v Speaker 1>wakes up, or you could work for two to three

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<v Speaker 1>hours in the afternoon while everyone apps or has screen time.

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<v Speaker 1>If you choose your activities well, this can definitely be

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<v Speaker 1>enough to keep the business going without you feeling like

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<v Speaker 1>you're missing out. Just be sure to turn the business

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<v Speaker 1>off when you're not working so you can relax. The

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<v Speaker 1>good news is that unplugging for a little while will

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<v Speaker 1>probably help you gain a fresh perspective. That's true even

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<v Speaker 1>if you do a little work enough to make a

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<v Speaker 1>long vacation possible. Do you ever work strategically on vacations

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<v Speaker 1>in order to take a longer vacation. You can let

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<v Speaker 1>me know about it at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.

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<v Speaker 1>In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and

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<v Speaker 1>here's the succeeding in the new Corner Office. The New

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