Today was the first full day of this year’s Holiday Break.
I played cards with my kids, cooked a bunch of food, watched a bunch of shows, stayed up too late (ahem) – and thought about the bigger picture of my business more than I have on any other day I can remember this year.
Certainly, any Monday.
It took me years to even conceive of the idea that I could take a break. That I could tell clients, “I’ll be back at my desk on Jan 4,” and they wouldn’t just leave me.
And then one year, three or four years ago, someone mentioned that’s what they do, so I tried it.
And it worked.
It was true.
Everything was still there, waiting for me when I got back.
But I swung a little too far the other way. I got kind of down on myself when I noticed I was thinking about my business and projects (mine or clients’) I had on the go or wanted to start. It was as though I thought I was somehow doing it wrong.
Last year it clicked (and this year, it landed): thinking about the business is exactly what I should be doing if it’s bringing me joy and filling me up.
I mean, isn’t that the whole point of a break?
And now that I’ve got what I want, I want more. I’m dreaming up new ways to bring this blue sky, big picture, holiday thinking mode into more of the rest of the year.
Super disco breakin’,
James
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