Take a Break!

With another long weekend approaching here in Canada, let’s take a moment to discuss the importance of “taking a break” away from your business.  Taking time off, even for a short period such as a long weekend is well worth it in order to re-energize and balance your lifestyle. 

Particularly for those business owners who are home-based, the temptation to wander into your office on that stat holiday and just finish up “a few little things” (which ends hours later) is too much.  Granted you may make a small dent in your tasks, but in the big picture you haven’t given your mind a well-deserved rest from the biz. 

I’ve found that my best ideas come sitting in my car as I’m travelling far away from home.  That change of scene allows me to take a more objective look “from the outside-in” while not being bogged down with work. It’s not necessary to actually take a trip to achieve a change of scene. Using your time off to complete some household and personal tasks will be a refreshing change and you’ll feel a sense of accomplishment in those other areas of your life. 

So when those stat holidays come around once a month or so, take advantage of them to give yourself a break. You deserve it!!  One exception, if it’s a really cold, miserable day that’s not good for much else….well, okay….maybe spent a short time at your computer……but be sure to give yourself a full day off at another time during the week.