I shoulda been in Jamaica, this week.
For a variety of scheduling reasons, mostly my significant other’s, that didn’t work out as planned. Which is not the end of the world, particularly with temperatures hitting 15 degrees in Toronto today.
(It’s 28 in Runaway Bay, Jamaica though, as we speak).
But today’s tip is not about the thermometer. Rather it’s about the “stay-cation.”
My week was booked off for vacation and I decided to keep it that way. The order of events for the week, I prognosticated, would be:
1. Catch up with my emails.
2. Relax.
Four days later, I am still working on item number 1.
Now, my tips partner, David Bilinsky, has written previously about the quest for inbox zero, and I continue to pursue that elusive goal, with most of the week now behind us.
I am not complaining. Rather, my insight is that it might not be such a bad idea to book a week off here and there, as a matter of course, just to catch up.
A week with no meetings, no telephone discussions. No administritivia. No mediations, discoveries, or court attendances.
Just a week to address all those matters that have needed attention or otherwise have fallen between the cracks.
Give it some thought.
All I can say is that at the end of this stay-cation, with Easter and Passover holidays arriving, inbox zero is looking like a distinct possibility.
And that adds up to happy clients and happy lawyers.
(And happy insurers too, I should probably add).
So today’s tip: Consider booking the working stay-cation to deal with your backlog and to catch up on all that unfinished business. It works.
A good holiday to all.
(Cross-Posted at Slaw Tips)
For a variety of scheduling reasons, mostly my significant other’s, that didn’t work out as planned. Which is not the end of the world, particularly with temperatures hitting 15 degrees in Toronto today.
(It’s 28 in Runaway Bay, Jamaica though, as we speak).
But today’s tip is not about the thermometer. Rather it’s about the “stay-cation.”
My week was booked off for vacation and I decided to keep it that way. The order of events for the week, I prognosticated, would be:
1. Catch up with my emails.
2. Relax.
Four days later, I am still working on item number 1.
Now, my tips partner, David Bilinsky, has written previously about the quest for inbox zero, and I continue to pursue that elusive goal, with most of the week now behind us.
I am not complaining. Rather, my insight is that it might not be such a bad idea to book a week off here and there, as a matter of course, just to catch up.
A week with no meetings, no telephone discussions. No administritivia. No mediations, discoveries, or court attendances.
Just a week to address all those matters that have needed attention or otherwise have fallen between the cracks.
Give it some thought.
All I can say is that at the end of this stay-cation, with Easter and Passover holidays arriving, inbox zero is looking like a distinct possibility.
And that adds up to happy clients and happy lawyers.
(And happy insurers too, I should probably add).
So today’s tip: Consider booking the working stay-cation to deal with your backlog and to catch up on all that unfinished business. It works.
A good holiday to all.
(Cross-Posted at Slaw Tips)
- Garry J. Wise, Toronto
Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net
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