Maximize Your Vacation
For many of us, summer is when we set aside time to get away with our families. It can be a great time relaxing together, but it can also be a great time to be intentional about how you grow as a family. Take a few minutes before your next trip to get a few ideas of how toMake the Most of Your Family Vacationfrom this Top Ten list.
Check out the first five here:
- Cut off from the outside world. No one is so important that he or she can’t be completely offline for a few weeks a year. Worried you will create tension with clients, co-workers, even family? Communicate with them before you leave.For instance, here is an automatic email reply: “Thanks for your email. I am with people who are more important than you. If you need immediate assistance, you’re out of luck. God bless and have a nice day!”
- Look at your family often, especially their faces. Life is so busy, we forget to see those we love the most.
- Laugh often.
- Use this vacation time to also take a vacation from talking about or worrying about tensions in your marriage, finances, or problems with the kids. Those things will still be there when you get home, but chances are they will seem smaller because you will be refreshed—body, soul and mind.
- Turn off or specifically limit electronics. We are the generation that tells those they love the most to “hold on.” Hold on to what? Use your vacation to hold on to each other.
See the rest on the Orange website for families.
