Vacation = relaxation? I hope so!
Flying out on holidays in a few hours - three weeks of decompressing, and spending time with friends and family.
Will I experience the vacation stress syndrome captured in the image below? Will I be able to disconnect from my inbox?
Let's face it, I don't have it in me to not check emails for 3 weeks. Yes, I know the cemeteries are full of people who were "irreplaceable", and yet the sun still rises each day. No, that doesn't help me.
So I've decided to launch a social experiment: I'll shut off my email (really!) for the entire time I'm on leave. However, I leave a back door for people to reach me by emailing a dummy gmail account - making it clear that it should only be used consciously, and in case of time-sensitive issues. Full text of my auto "out of office" email below.
Will try to report back with some stats on how this worked (and if I kept my promise to not open my outlook).
Flying out on holidays in a few hours - three weeks of decompressing, and spending time with friends and family.
Will I experience the vacation stress syndrome captured in the image below? Will I be able to disconnect from my inbox?
Let's face it, I don't have it in me to not check emails for 3 weeks. Yes, I know the cemeteries are full of people who were "irreplaceable", and yet the sun still rises each day. No, that doesn't help me.
So I've decided to launch a social experiment: I'll shut off my email (really!) for the entire time I'm on leave. However, I leave a back door for people to reach me by emailing a dummy gmail account - making it clear that it should only be used consciously, and in case of time-sensitive issues. Full text of my auto "out of office" email below.
Will try to report back with some stats on how this worked (and if I kept my promise to not open my outlook).
Congratulations! You’ve
qualified to participate in a social experiment on emails during annual leave.
I am on leave from 30 June to 18 July 2014. I will have excellent connectivity during my leave, but am not planning to use much bandwidth on work-related emails.
In an attempt to balance quality time with my family with being available for urgent work matters that may arise, I’ve decided that I WILL NOT BE CHECKING THIS EMAIL ACCOUNT.
That’s right. If you sent your email in the date range mentioned above to my @cgiar.org email address I will only look at it after 18 July.
However, if you urgently need me, fear not: just send an email to iddoisonleave@gmail.com and I’ll be sure to get back to you as soon as I can.
Best wishes,
Iddo
I am on leave from 30 June to 18 July 2014. I will have excellent connectivity during my leave, but am not planning to use much bandwidth on work-related emails.
In an attempt to balance quality time with my family with being available for urgent work matters that may arise, I’ve decided that I WILL NOT BE CHECKING THIS EMAIL ACCOUNT.
That’s right. If you sent your email in the date range mentioned above to my @cgiar.org email address I will only look at it after 18 July.
However, if you urgently need me, fear not: just send an email to iddoisonleave@gmail.com and I’ll be sure to get back to you as soon as I can.
Best wishes,
Iddo
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