{"id":5775,"date":"2024-04-03T15:44:45","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T14:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indeedflex.com\/?p=5775"},"modified":"2024-04-19T11:33:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T10:33:01","slug":"balancing-work-and-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indeedflex.com\/blog\/for-flexers\/balancing-work-and-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Balancing work and holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":6488,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[87,119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-for-flexers","category-career-guidance-for-flexers"],"acf":{"blocks":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text_editor","centered_text":false,"background":"","text_editor":"<p>Finding the right balance between work and holidays is crucial for maintaining our well-being, productivity and overall happiness within our personal lives.<\/p>\r\n<p>I have personally been keen to master the balance, and which means I do a few things prior to going on leave:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>I make it a point to communicate my holiday plans in advance to my team and individuals, or teams I may work regularly with.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>In the lead-up to taking time off, I focus on wrapping up key projects or handing over where necessary,\u00a0 and setting up out-of-office for anything urgent.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>I make a point of being mindful to switch off notifications such as Slack\u00a0 \u00a0utilize my PTO icon and step away from the screen to truly unwind. 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