Missing work on vacation – madamenoire.com
Here you are on vacation, laying by the pool, the sun is beaming, you are surrounded by the most beautiful of coconut trees, and…you are on your laptop, checking your work email. Yes, you! Although you would never admit to it out loud, you…miss work!
As much as we look forward to vacation, especially as corporate sisters continually plagued with guilt and disavowed fear, there are those insidious times when we do actually miss work. When despite having proclaimed for months on end that you deserve this vacation, that you’re sick and tired of being sick and tired, that there’s always work to do and never a break to be had, here you are…internally complaining about not having 24/7 Wi-fi access and wondering if your last audit report got reviewed already…
Yes, you miss work, and it may be normal. Only 59% of Americans took vacation last year, and a significant percentage of employees do not use the entirety of their time off. As wired as we are to constantly be professionally “on”, it hurts us more than it actually benefits us. From affecting our health, increasing our stress levels and making us more prone to disease in general, not allowing ourselves any time off also decreases our productivity more than we may think.
So yes, despite the fact that you may miss work (and never, ever, ever admit it in public), you may just have to teach yourself to enjoy being “off” for a while…and trust you’ll be better for it…
Happy vacation!
The Corporate Sister.
