The Importance of Vacations

Summer is almost over and I can guarantee more than half the people you know have yet to get away on a vacation. The fact is, most people do not take vacations often enough. In addition to this, increasingly, when individuals do take vacations, they take their work while on them. Taking your work with you on vacation essentially defeats the purpose of a vacation, as you are remaining in the mindset that you’re trying to escape. This lack of an ability to relax is problematic for many reasons.

Vacations Promote Creativity

A valuable vacation can help us to reconnect with ourselves. It may encourage self-discovery, allowing us to get back to feeling our absolute best.

Vacations Prevent Burnout

Employees who take time to relax are less likely to experience burnouts. This results in more creative and productive work, unlike under-rested counterparts who will become fatigued and overworked.

Vacations Can Keep Us Healthy

Taking time off work to recharge and revitalize can lower your stress levels. Ultimately, lowering your stress levels will keep your healthy.

Vacations Promote Overall Well-being

A study found that three days after vacation, employees’ physical complaints, quality of sleep and overall mood improved dramatically. These enhancements were still present five weeks later, particularly in the individuals who had more personal time and overall satisfaction while on their vacations.

Vacations Can Strengthen Bonds

Spending time enjoying life with your loved ones can help keep relationships strong. Enjoying the good times and assisting you through the hard times, these vacations are what you need.

Vacations Can Help With Your Job Performance

Studies show that more frequent vacations lead to increased quality of life, which results in increased quality of work on the job.

Vacationing is supposed to be a relaxing time. Becoming more predominant with regular vacationers is the purchase of second homes, a place where they can go to be at ease. However, many homeowners worry about their homes when they are on vacation, and worry about their cottages/vacation property while they are at home. Using one of Absolute Automation’s monitoring units may be the way to provide peace of mind.

The Intermediate Freeze Alarm

With its Quick Status Feature you are able to hear the current temperature and power and battery status with just a simple 15 second phone call! This device will call up to three phone numbers and alert you with a voice message if ever the temperature gets too cold/hot, the power fails, or if the back-up battery needs replacing.

The Sensaphone 400

This device will monitor your home or business for temperature extremes, water problems, power failure and more. It will call up to four phone numbers when problems occur and you are able to receive status reports and listen-in to onsite sounds.