{"id":7960,"date":"2014-08-26T13:49:21","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T17:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theweekinimaging.com\/?p=7275"},"modified":"2014-08-26T13:49:21","modified_gmt":"2014-08-26T17:49:21","slug":"between-the-lines-the-connected-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/the-week-in-imaging-twii\/editors-blog\/2014\/08\/between-the-lines-the-connected-vacation\/","title":{"rendered":"Between the Lines: The Connected Vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NATIONAL<\/a>There seems to be a misconception that things slow down in the summer as people take vacations, enjoy long weekends, or have summer hours where they leave early on a Friday. I used to enjoy that luxury at one time when I worked in a traditional workplace and had legitimate vacation days and a staff to support me while home and away.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been on my own for nearly 17 years now and as I laughingly tell people about my work life, every day is a potential vacation day just as every day is a potential work day. I enjoy that flexibility. I can take time off whenever I need to and I can work almost anytime, anyplace even if my most productive output is between 7-11 a.m. working out of my home office.\u00a0 Admittedly, I\u2019m way less productive on the road.<\/p>\n

Speaking of the road, I\u2019m taking one of those unpaid vacations starting this Thursday afternoon and won\u2019t be back until Sept. 7. I\u2019m trying hard not to make this one of those working vacations. The goal is to only deal with e-mail. I think that\u2019s what most of us do today anyway, turning our vacations into part-time working vacations.<\/p>\n

The reality is we are mired in a never-out-of-touch world and for better or for worse, that\u2019s the way it is. For me it\u2019s better. I remember not so long ago going on vacation and dreading the hundreds of e-mails waiting for me upon my return. The ability to deal with e-mail while on vacation rather than when I return takes the edge off. And there\u2019s nothing like taking the edge off. After all, it usually takes about 10 to 15 minutes a day. I can deal with that.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll be in Paris and Bruges next week, but The Week in Imaging<\/em> won\u2019t have the week off. That\u2019s why it\u2019s called The Week in Imaging. Next week\u2019s issue is set up and ready to go.<\/p>\n

Have a nice long weekend and enjoy your Labor Day.<\/p>\n

Thanks for reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There seems to be a misconception that things slow down in the summer as people take vacations, enjoy long weekends, or have summer hours where they leave early on a Friday. I used to enjoy that luxury at one time when I worked in a traditional workplace and had legitimate vacation days and a staff to support me while home and away. I\u2019ve been on my own for nearly 17 years now and as I laughingly tell people about my work life, every day is a potential vacation day just as every day is a potential work day. I enjoy that flexibility. I can take time off whenever I need to and I can work almost anytime, anyplace even if my most productive output is between 7-11 a.m. working out of my home office.\u00a0 Admittedly, I\u2019m way less productive on the road. Speaking of the road, I\u2019m taking one of those unpaid vacations starting this Thursday afternoon and won\u2019t be back until Sept. 7. I\u2019m trying hard not to make this one of those working vacations. The goal is to only deal with e-mail. I think that\u2019s what most of us do today anyway, turning our vacations into part-time working vacations. The reality is we are mired in a never-out-of-touch world and for better or for worse, that\u2019s the way it is. For me it\u2019s better. I remember not so long ago going on vacation and dreading the hundreds of e-mails waiting for me upon my return. The ability to deal with e-mail while on vacation rather than when I return takes the edge off. And there\u2019s nothing like taking the edge off. After all, it usually takes about 10 to 15 minutes a day. I can deal with that. I\u2019ll be in Paris and Bruges next week, but The Week in Imaging won\u2019t have the week off. That\u2019s why it\u2019s called The Week in Imaging. Next week\u2019s issue is set up and ready to go. Have a nice long weekend and enjoy your Labor Day. Thanks for reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[80],"tags":[328,343],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7960"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7960\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}