{"id":2670,"date":"2010-07-23T11:53:19","date_gmt":"2010-07-23T15:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthomas.com\/photocardblog\/?p=2670"},"modified":"2010-07-23T11:53:19","modified_gmt":"2010-07-23T15:53:19","slug":"om-trip-flip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/om-trip-flip\/","title":{"rendered":"OM :: The Trip Flip"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>On this last day before our family vacation, I’m excited to have jiggered my brain into actually taking the vacation.
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\nAs a family, we travel to Colorado twice a year to see my father-in-law. He lives just outside of Denver in the foothills and it is a beautiful place to visit. We’ve been travelling there every year since 1999, so the newness and spectacle of it has waned.
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\nSince I quit my 9 to 5 in 2008, I have always worked during the weeks we’ve been in Colorado. If you run your own business (and you’re it’s only employee), you know that there is a constant stream of tasks to complete. And the pressure you feel, whether real or imaginary, to stay on top of all things business can be overwhelming when you’re away from home.
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\nMy moment was deciding that this trip will be different. I have closed both my shops for a week and a half. I am scheduling “Best of” posts for my blogs. In CO, I will be reading books and swimming and visiting Pikes Peak for the first time with my boys. I will take a couple runs and a couple hikes in the mountains. I will spend some quality time with my husband. And I will visit with the friends we have made out there over the years.
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\nIn my moment, I realized that I need to take a break from this business, so I can recharge and find new energy for the possibilities that lay ahead.
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\nYou may see me online, but it will be because I want to be there, not because I have to be.
\nAnd that makes all the difference.
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\nOM is *one moment* and is a meetup designed to notice & relish a moment in everyday life. The meetup idea was created by Linda at her blog, a la mode stuff<\/a>.
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\nIf you’d like to participate in OM, just click the button and you’ll be taken to Linda’s post explaining it all.
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