Vacation Time
Posted by
Tim Eckstrom on Tuesday, August 05, 2008 at 11:08 AM
Categories:
Miscellaneous,
Performance
I think that we would all agree that an important component to being effective at our occupations is maintaining a work/life balance that allows us to get our ‘batteries recharged’ on a regular basis. There are things we need to do on a daily, weekly and monthly basis (not taking work home, getting enough sleep, etc.). Most would agree that getting away from work for an extended period of time is also important. That is what I am doing right now.
A year ago my family made plans to take a boating trip through the San Juan Islands in Washington State…I am writing from that trip. We rented a 49’ yacht out of Bellingham and have been on the water throughout the islands for a few days now. The weather has been beautiful. Having grown up in western Washington for most of my life I am well aware that the crystal clear skies that we are experiencing are extremely rare (although the chances in increase the first week of August) and for them we are grateful. 
We are currently at the Friday Harbor Marina on San Juan Island. The past few days have been filled with exploring islands, a lot of ‘attempts’ at fishing (not much luck though), pulling up quite a few crabs, watching whales and overall a lot of messing around with my kids, a son in law and one of his friends (Skipper Dan).
It has been a great time to wind down from the busy work schedule that I keep and think about other things for a change. I am ‘pretty sure’ that I will return to work, but for now it has been great to watch the boats go by, Puffins and seals dive for food and enjoy the blue, glassy smooth waters and play card and board games with my ‘game addict’ kids. I have yet to win!
I hope that you all have vacation plans for before the summer is out. I know that the time away has been very good for me.
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