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Earlier this week I got a notice that I hadn't completed a task this year. It's one that I've rarely finished in the past, and probably not in any year in the last 10. However I decided this year that I should buckle down and get this done. I'm proud to say that I spent about an hour working on the task and got it done.

What was the task? Taking all my vacation.

I've got some amazing benefits from Red Gate Software, and my holiday allowance is one of them. However I've often struggled to allocate out my time, and with travel and my concerns over keeping this site running, I usually carry over a few days. I often sell a few back as well, and I'm actually glad that there are limits on both of those actions. If left to my own devices, I might become much more unbalanced than I have been in the past.

I had a couple of weeks left, but to keep SQLServerCentral running in top form and ensure that you are getting information to help you improve your SQL Server skills, I can't disappear on short notice. As a result, I've spread out my time off across the rest of this year and will be absent a number of days in December. Some is real vacation, some are days off that where I'll have to decide what I want to do with the time.

I know far too many people in technology skip vacations or don't plan enough time off. I've been trying to get better at this each year, and I'm happy to say that I've finally managed to use up all my holiday for 2014. Don't be like me. Schedule your time off and take it. Recharge, refresh, and enjoy the rest of your life. Remember that you work to live, you don't live to work.

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