 Well, somebody's ready for a vacation. That I am. Today on The Journey, we're gonna talk about ways to detach from your business when you're on vacation. So being a business owner, it's really tough because it's only you and you feel like everything's on you to do it and you have no one else to rely on. So I think this is gonna be a beneficial topic to talk about. Yeah, vacations are so important. They're good for your mind, body, and spirit, but it can be very difficult to detach and to give up that control while you're on vacation. So we're gonna talk about ways that you can do that. Tip number one, prepare. You need to prepare yourself mentally to fully detach emails, those things that you're constantly on your phone all the time. You have to be set in your mind, I'm not opening it up. It's just gonna be me time. Yeah, if you're used to always answering emails, being in your business, being invested in your business, it's gonna be difficult. So set a plan that, hey, I'm on vacation, things are gonna be okay. So tip number two is meditate. While you're on vacation, you don't want all these things running through your head, things that you forgot, invoices you forgot to pay or forgot to send. There's so many things you could be thinking about, but you just need to meditate to let it go. Yes, being in the moment is so important because you'll be able to even decrease a lot of the anxiety that you would feel by just being present. It's so interesting to see how many people, if they're out on a date, you may have seen this too. They're at this table, not looking at each other, not engaging, but constantly just on their phones. But being so present and in the moment, you're able to just take them a minute back and actually take it all in and see things that you wouldn't normally see. And maximize your vacation time by putting that energy toward the vacation. So another thing to do is prepare your clients. Make sure that they know that for a certain length of time, you're just not gonna be available. Yeah, I know when I go on vacation, you can send an email out a few days or a week before, depending on how long of a vacation it is, and just letting people know that, hey, I'm gonna be out, I will or will not have access to email, that's important to let people know. Because if they know that you're not gonna have internet access, then they're not going to contact you. Play it simple. But if you want them to contact you or as emergencies, provide your phone number, great. But prepare them, and then when you're gone, put your out of office on, in case other people start emailing you, they know, hey, this person's gone, and hopefully they'll respect the fact that you're on vacation. We all like vacations. If it's not a total emergency, it can wait. So the next tip is, you wanna sign some deadlines. Make sure that people know when they need to get things to you so that you can finish it all up before you take that time away. Yeah, you need to stick to your guns. You give them a hard deadline, and you say, this is when it is due, it's not going to fall later, and that's what it is. Exactly. It'll be better for you, be for your business, and for your clients. Our next tip is stay on top of your workflow. So whether it's a few days before or a few weeks, depending on how big your projects are and everything that's in flight, you wanna make sure that you know where all those balls are, so that way you can tie off those loose ends and make sure everything is done and ready to go, so you can be ready to go. Automation is another thing that you can do as Morgan did mention earlier, setting up that email auto responder, letting people know when you're on vacation and till when so that they'll know when to expect, setting the proper expectations. And who doesn't like getting checks when they're on vacation? So setting up features like auto deposit will be beneficial and it'll take something else off of your plate. Our next tip is ease back into work. Maybe wear that Hawaiian shirt in extra few days, but don't just, hey, you fly home and then you go to sleep, the next day you have to go back to work because you mentally will not be in a place. My mom actually, whenever she goes on a week long vacation, she takes anywhere from two to five days just to kinda get back, to do some errands, it's amazing and I need to be more like my mom. And lastly, it may be impossible for some of you to just totally check out, I get it. So just maybe set a small time limit, maybe an hour a day so that you can do what you need and then get back to that relaxation. Hope you enjoyed this video on how to unplug from your business while on vacation and speaking of vacation, I need to take one soon. So let me know in the comments below what your favorite vacation spot is. And make sure you like the video, subscribe to our channel and don't forget to ring the bell so you're notified when we have new content. This is The Journey, thanks for watching. See you next time.