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What are the pros/cons of working while vacationing?

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I have never tried this but would love to take a long work from anywhere trip and go somewhere far from my place. But would you enjoy? would you be efficient? or would you end up screwing up both?
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I call it WORCATION – you pretended to be local and balance between work and other activities
That's a good way to put it. Have you tried it before? How did it work for you?
Yes. It works! But I put a lot to be good at time-management
That is always going to be THE CASE!
Pro: You score good points with your boss Con: You are stuck between work and pleasure just like any other day I personally feel when vacationing make it short and sweet. It gives you a break from work without missing anything major and you get to enjoy all the good things of a different place for a short period of time.
So would you prefer taking short vacations to relieve yourself from that zone?
Yup, it does sometimes cost more coz of additional traveling expenses to save time but totally worth it. Taking a break from work has improved my productivity.
Makes sense!!
Pro: you still get paid 💸 Con: you can't enjoy your vacation 😭
That pro also has a con because you spend that money on accommodation anyways :P
Yeah I guess it's pretty much all con 😂
Pros: at least you're out of the office and you work in a cool place. Con: you can't have a real break. Mental load. You can't schedule your day as you want (unexpected meetings and calls)
That feeling of finding a fresh place to work is something we value the most now! COVID changed everything :D
Just spent 3 days in the mountains without *any* devices, highly recommend!
Wow. Any few psychological takeaways?
It's a famous work & life balance. You can not really rest when you work while vacationing.
Understandable!
I think the key thing would be to very clearly have set in your mind that it's not a vacation. You'd need to mentally frame it as work, but from cool places. And then I think it would be fine.
Oh. So, do you believe it's all about subjective intentions and perspectives?
I guess so. It's about setting mental expectations. If you look on it as a vacation then working feels like a pain; an obstacle. So I believe the thing to do is to set the bar at the right level eg. "I'm working, this isn't a holiday, but I'm doing so from some really awesome locations that I can make the most of outside my work hours... I am very lucky"
Glad to hear that! Perspective matters!
con: it's no longer a vacation
Haha more like artificial vacation :P
It's really simple Pros: 1. You get to rest your mind, and actually live your life 2. The surroundings gets more attention 3. Family can have more Cons: 1. The struggle in moving from relax/lofi mood to work-hard mode.
Ugh. That getting back to the square one part. That must suck! It's that MONDAY SYNDROME nobody can escape :/
Our team went for a month for a workcation to Manali & they are enjoying it so much that they have extended it for another month. You can read their experience to know what it is like.
Read the article. Found so much of peace and happiness in reading it. Good one Pallavi!
Ugh you can never really sit back and relax - always so tense about work. But at the same time.. You don't have to worry about logging in your holidays!
You described it so well.
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