FOMO be damned *

* credit for the title to the good folks over at the New Escapologist

Three weeks of holiday from the humdrum of being employed.
Three weeks with the folks we love most.
Three weeks of enjoying the moment.
Three weeks of solving problems of basic survival.
Three weeks of fascination for the kids.
Three weeks of great (& not so great) food.
Three weeks of fun conversations.
Three weeks of little sleep.
Three weeks of watching little people interact (bond, then fight, then make up, then fight, then make up, then miss each other)

Three weeks of being disconnected from most devices.
Three weeks of no ‘news’.
Three weeks of not missing out on anything!
Three weeks of living the most important things in my life.

Truly take a vacation: Ideas for making a “email free holiday” a success [Article]

Microsoft Researcher Danah Boyd has a bunch of tried & tested techniques to make sure you are not tethered to that email inbox while you’re trying to have a vacation.

The idea is simple: turn off your email. Set up a filter and Send all messages to /dev/null (a.k.a. the Trash). Send a bounce message telling people their message wasn’t received and that they should resend it after X date or send you the contents via snail mail. Of course, if you just turn off your email with no warning, you’re bound to piss off your friends, family, colleagues, and clients. So here are some tips to successfully taking an email sabbatical. 

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