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For the past ten days, I’ve been on vacation. (Thank you, Typepad, for having a delayed publication feature on your blog posts.) I’m sure I’ll have a lot to say about the value or rest and recovery when I get back.

For years, I’ve resisted the sort of vacation I’ve been on – cruising in the Bahamas with old friends who have a great big boat and, of course, my dear family. I just never felt like I was actually one of those people who was ‘allowed’ to stop working and take a major, even expensive (dare I say ‘hedonsitic’?) break like this.

But now that our kids are 11 and 15, and we’re not getting any younger, it’s started to become clear: time is a-wasting. Life is short! You simply can’t sit at the computer and tap away your entire life.

I do love my work, but I have been definitely out of balance for some time now. I can feel it when I pad downstairs to get lunch, and my body is stiff and cranky from sitting for so long. And I’m spending way too much time on the couch, in front of a lovely fire with hubby … tapping away at the laptop. Where’s the richness? Where’s the rest? I’ve been craving it.

I invite you, too, to take the leap, pry youself loose, and plan a vacation. No, not just the heartwarming visit home to the relatives; plan the kind of getaway where you savor the idea, love the research and think about it for days leading up to departure.

Stay tuned. I’ll be posting photos here!