While we're in the thick of our work, it can be hard to identify mounting stress and fatigue. Taking a even a short vacation has large, immediate effects on stress levels and perceived well-being. If you never fully disconnect, you never recover. There's a mountain of research in the area, but let's pick out a few of the big facts. Taking a real vacation is good for your health.Ī true vacation - one where we actually disconnect from work - has a huge positive impact on our physical and mental health.
I'm now very much a "when you're on vacation, be on vacation" person. I've since learned that both my fears and my feelings were damaging to both me and to my team.
What if the team needed me and I wasn't there to help?.I knew that I needed real breaks and I knew that not taking a vacation was a bad idea, but I also had fears: Your 💨 Slack status will disappear as soon as the AFK period expires.There's water in coffee, Marisa.
Step 3: Select the time period and preferred channel for notification in the dropdown. Step 2: Select the time period and preferred channel for notification in the dropdown. If you would like to send AFK notifications to a new notifications channel, please create the channel first (like #afk-notifications) and ask teammates to select only that channel when using the AFK feature. To use it, please ensure that Pause has been integrated into your Slack workspace.ĪFK Notifications are not automatically sent to a predetermined channel. When you need to step away from your desk and won't be replying to messages for some time, use Pause to update your Slack status to 💨 and send a notification to a preferred public channel.
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