Have you ever confused vacation with workation, as I used to? And why do we even work on vacation?
Vacation is meant to be rest without work, while workation refers to working in typical vacation destinations, essentially as part of your working hours.
The problem is that too many people work during their vacation. This isn’t good because they neither rest properly nor do quality work – multitasking simply doesn’t work.
So why do we work during vacation?
▶️ Someone asks us to.
▶️ We think someone expects us to.
▶️ We’re afraid it might show that it doesn’t matter if we’re away.
▶️ We believe we’re irreplaceable.
▶️ We don’t trust our team and think they “can’t handle it.”
Yet, true rest on vacation strengthens our resilience.
Did you work during your vacation this year? And why? Do you require it from your team?