@Lindsay – I was looking forward to seeing the troll but didn’t make it to Freemont. I suspect there will be more trips to Seattle in the future, though, so I’ll get there eventually.

@Selene – I more or less did as you suggested and just did the minimum. It was a really fun trip. I have another coming up in Sept, and I’m going to work to have a whole lot less work to do for that one.

@Allena – This was more of a “traveling” situation, as the whole reason we were there was because my husband had a week-long class for work. I got my work done, but I really was able to focus the majority of my time on checking out the sites with Dot.

If you want to check out and take a vacation, you should. If you want to travel and keep working, you should. But you need to decide which in order to have up the appropriate boundaries.

If this is like a “family vacation” you have to wonder if you want memories where you are rushing the kids through museums so you can work. I’ve been there done that and it didn’t work well. Boundaries. “Vacation” isn’t the same as “traveling” necessarily.

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I just got back from vacation myself, and as DIFFICULT as it was, I forced myself to NOT bring my laptop along. The most I did was setup Gmail to check my POP account so I could check for any emergency type emails. It was tough, but I was pretty “good” about limiting the work I did over vacation. No work at all (I couldn’t… I didn’t have my files, LOL). I responded to a few urgent client emails, as well as to a few new inquiries (couldn’t risk loosing out any potential new clients… in fact I signed a new client while on vacation, too!)

Anyway, just want to wish you a Fun and Relaxing vacation.

I know how tough it is to get your mind off of work, but I really feel renewed and refreshed after my break. Yes, I had a heck of an email backlog to deal with, but things are under control now.

I say just do the minimum this week – the break will do you good!

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Buuut, I would still love being a freelancer, just because you can be location independent in many cases. I actually get antsy for projects when I’m on a vacation (I wrote the first five or six chapters of a novel while I was on that trip–all those bus rides between countries!), and find that after a couple of days of “relaxing,” I’m ready to do some work again.

The thing I love about writing is that it is something you can do from anywhere in the world, especially now that the Internet is so prevalent.

Anyway, enjoy Seattle! I grew up there. Make sure someone takes you to the troll in Fremont while you’re there.

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