Separating Work and Play

In my last post, I talked about working while on the road, even during my vacation. Since that post, I have concluded my trip, but not before facing circumstances that have slightly swayed my opinion on the subject.

In an attempt to enjoy my vacation from work a little bit more (and subsequently avoid the constant nagging of complaining family members), I decided to become less proactive and accept the loads of makeup work that will await my return to the Jamblr offices. By accepting this fact, I was able to relax and spend more quality time with family this past week. And it was very nice. I am happy I did so.

The problem for my family members, aside from failing to understand the nonstop workflow of an aspiring entrepreneur, was my habitual phone calls and urgent emails that had to be attended to immediately, no matter what.

It is because of these mandatory daily duties and conversations that I could never completely separately my work from my decadent getaway. My new philosophy: ALWAYS BE ACCESSIBLE. Rather than working around the clock, I allowed myself the freedom from that work while enabling the Jamblr team and my other partners and employees to call me whenever anything needed to be taken care of right away. This proved effective, for everything has been completed and all dilemmas have been given their remedies.

All in all, if I could suggest one pointer to the entrepreneur in all of you, it would be to NEVER completely shut yourself off to your working environment. Instead, realize the urgency of matters that may need your attention right away by keeping your phone on you at all times, without it rendering any type of distraction to your loved ones and the great time you are attempting to share with them. Besides, if you have done a great job getting everyrhing done prior to your time away, you shouldn’t be receiving any of those dreaded work calls anyway.