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 six or seven vacation days. This is a

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

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>the future, an American family could go spend a month

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

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<v Speaker 1>in there. With the time difference, he or she wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>even have to miss out on all the sight seeing

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<v Speaker 1>on those days. Working from two pm to ten pm

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<v Speaker 1>in Spain could cover a work day in the US

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<v Speaker 1>and allow for mornings with the family and museums. If

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<v Speaker 1>you don't need to keep track of vacation days, maybe

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<v Speaker 1>because you work for yourself, then this calculus is less relevant.

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<v Speaker 1>But allowing for some work during travel weeks can still

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<v Speaker 1>open up possibilities depending on where you're going and what

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<v Speaker 1>you're doing. You could either do an hour or two

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<v Speaker 1>before the family wakes up, or you could work for

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<v Speaker 1>two to three hours in the afternoon while everyone now

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<v Speaker 1>apps or has screen time. If you choose your activities well,

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<v Speaker 1>this can definitely be enough to keep the business going

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<v Speaker 1>without you feeling like you're missing out. Just be sure

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<v Speaker 1>to turn the business off when you're not working so

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<v Speaker 1>you can relax. The good news is that unplugging for

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<v Speaker 1>a little while will probably help you gain a fresh perspective.

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<v Speaker 1>That's true even if you do a little work enough

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<v Speaker 1>to make a long vacation possible. Do you ever work

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<v Speaker 1>strategically on vacations in order to take a longer vacation.

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<v Speaker 1>You can let me know about it at Laura at

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<v Speaker 1>Laura vandercam dot com. In the meantime, this is Laura.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for listening, and here's the succeeding in the new

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