Maybe It’s Time For A Workation
Maybe it’s time to take that growing pile of paperwork and sort through it under the calming quiet of a huge pine tree…with a wastebasket brought along for good measure.
Maybe it’s time to set up a computer and enter great thoughts or at least delete dozens of irksome ancient emails…by the side of a lake. Maybe it’s time to tackle a flowchart or work schedule and get ahead of the planning game…on a refreshing deck or porch.
Maybe it’s time to sit and stare, not at a screen but at the woods or the waters or a view from a height of land — all great sources of inspiration and ideas.
Or, maybe it’s just time to get personal, proclaim a mid-year tax record organization day or draft personal correspondence, even fill out holiday cards…at a shady park picnic table.
Summer’s almost at the halfway point. Maybe it’s time for a workation. Workations are an emerging national trend — distinctly separate from remote work — that invariably are associated with travel, i.e. same work but a new location that combines the best of both worlds (work-life balance) and adds some adventure.
Americans overall are notorious for not taking vacations — the average time offered is 11 days, and roughly half of all employees take less than that. Workations bridge the gap.
According to a New York Times survey, 49% of Americans worry about falling behind if they leave on vacation, 43% are concerned leaving the bulk of the work to co-workers, 19% are afraid they will lose their chance of advancement, and 16% are afraid of losing the jobs.
But let’s talk Maine. Let’s talk the shimmering lakes, which everyone has access to, the tree-lined trails which welcome all the public, the parks and playgrounds which are everyone’s respite. In Maine there’s no lack of setting for work-life balance….nor for adventure, nor need to travel far. Mainers overall are notorious for being workaholics. The unemployment rate is 3% and “Now Hiring” notices are seemingly everywhere. There is a critical statewide shortage of employees to fill jobs across the entire spectrum of openings, particularly in the seasonal summer market.
Maybe it’s time to set up a workation Maine-style, to continue the wageearning worklife with days onsite in these wonderful, natural surroundings.
And if it’s not possible to leave the work space, maybe it’s time to at least vacation around it. That’s a form of workation, too.
No more maybes. It’s time for a workation.
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