Things I Learned from Trying to Take 3 Weeks off Technology

No email, phone or laptop has become almost impossible

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I was lucky enough to go on a 3-week vacation this summer, and I took the decision to disconnect as much as possible during that time. A few reasons for that:

• It had been an intense past few months at my job (like for a lot of people).
• It had been a year almost to the day that I was blogging non-stop, posting 3 articles a week for 52 weeks (except for 2 or 3 weeks).
• I had been looking forward to this vacation for a while and didn’t want to miss out because I was glued to a screen all day long.

I’m now back from my vacation, and I need to get back to work, both at my 9–5 job and at my blog. In this article I want to talk about the things I learned during my days off, and what I did to respect my vacation rule of trying to get away from work as much as possible.

The rules around the vacation

My set of rules consisted more of guidelines and things to keep in mind rather than an actual, set-in-stone rulebook. I always avoid work on vacation, but I’m not super strict about it, because vacation is about relaxing and letting go. So if I have to work a little bit, it’s fine, I don’t have to…