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By Elaine, February 25, 2010 4:30 pm

I know, you are waiting for a catchy punchline….

Something profound that will perhaps help you as you are thinking of unplugging, taking a break, spending some time with family or friends and doing nothing work related for several days in a row!

Can you feel the anxiety building up…I can.

Tomorrow I am embarking on a new adventure. I am unplugging and heading away with my family.

I feel it is time to back away from the computer and the Blackberry and give myself, my husband and my family time to live in the present moment. We are disconnecting from the internet ..all of us…even me…and are allowing only one cell phone for emergencies…yes we are vacationing old school…. an old fashioned road trip. Hopefully not National lampoon style!

We are all looking forward to playing board games, reading, walking, and re-connecting.

I am excited and anxious at the same time. Intellectually I  know that my business will go on when I get back, but there are parts of me that think if I am not going at warp speed that I will miss something.

Here are some awesome resources to check out if you are thinking of vacationing and not sure how to manage it.

Alex Fayle of the Someday Syndrome has a Freelancer Vacation Clinic

James at Men with Pens shares the analogy of a Run Away Train and momentum in our businesses. What happens when you stop the train? Check out the article.

And finally Gretchen over at the Happiness Project… yes you read that correctly, a project on happiness. Gretchen shares 5 tips for happiness that were reinforced during her vacation.  I would like to thank Gretchen for helping me to see that the Skippers obsession laundry thing on vacation is just a thing and that I need to just chill and not make a big deal about him knowing where every laundry facility is when we vacation and the need to have clean laundry when we travel.  Obviously doing laundry while on vacation is FUN for the skipper.

Back to the initial questions of how an Entrepreneur takes a vacation…you just go…you enjoy yourself…live in the moment and deal with the stuff when you get back.

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By Elaine, February 11, 2010 12:11 pm

Do you ever wonder what your favourite childhood TV stars are doing now?

Are you ready for this…Dawn Wells aka  Mary Ann of Gilligans Island is sharing some frugal potatoe peeling tips with us via this video….I thought it was a joke but no…I have friends that have confirmed that they have saved a huge amount of potatotes that would have otherwise been thrown away with the peel…..I would have to say that Dawn is clearly the winner of the “Frugal Tip of the week”. I am not sure if this is a time saving tip but you would certainly save some money by not wasting the potatoe in the peel…imagine doing this when you have a whole pot full!

As a side note I love the tongs…anyone know where I can pick a set of these up?