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Kathryn Mayer • Writing Out Loud

I write stuff down. writer • humorist • activist

Worth Every Cent to Unplug on Vacation

August 16, 2010 by Kate Mayer 5 Comments

It was terrific. Every last minute of every day. And the kids survived. Husband too. And work, well, I’ll know more this week when it all comes flying into the fan. Or not…

Have made a huge leap, technologically, and it took unplugging to get there. I firmly pledge to not be afraid to hit submit; or return; or send.

There’s a real fear of screwing up for people like me who shared computers in the college library (14 small, square machines for 10k students). And lugged my wall calendar (until just recently…) to orthodontist appointments and PTA meetings and soccer fields in order to schedule weekly obligations.

But really, if I don’t hit send and figure this out, then I’ll fall even farther behind. So I’m hitting send, and all other necessities to get out there and get noticed. And take my clients with me.

But while I’m learning, be patient. And please ignore the mass distribution of my virgin out-of-office reply apparently sent to everyone in my in box, despite coaching from the tech-savvy 16 year old. EVERYONE. Multiple times. Pissing off many, making others laugh, and actually landing me a writing gig from a long lost friend who didn’t know I was back to work . . . again.


Tech-NO Vacation. And I mean it.
When I Grow Up, I Want To Write for Fast Company

Comments

  1. Me says

    August 16, 2010 at 2:55 pm

    Good luck with Tecnorati!!

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  2. vbjenn says

    August 16, 2010 at 10:44 pm

    Love the pic, but where’s boy?

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  3. Anonymous says

    August 18, 2010 at 11:02 pm

    I’m still trying to figure out to get technologized, I may be the last person on the planet, next to my husband who doesn’t text, tweet, and thogh my hubby facebooks, I don’t even do that. You are more advanced and I may need lessons from the kids when I acquire a new gadget.

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  4. Kathy (On-Ramper) says

    August 19, 2010 at 12:55 pm

    we’re all learning as we go, and everything changes so fast that even the best techy social media gurus must relearn with every update! I’m pulling my hair out trying to be recognized by Technorati, carefully following their directions but getting no where. Patience is key, and is exactly the skill I’m most lacking

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  1. Counting the Days Until Vacation - Kathryn Mayer says:
    February 10, 2015 at 3:30 pm

    […] is a place where our kids grew up, and even today as the older, scary teenagers on the island, they too count the days to return. To […]

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An irreverent storyteller with a foul mouth and big heart, Kathryn Mayer (aka Kathy and/or Kate) is a writer, humorist, and (former) activist writing out loud with humor and grace about little life moments with big ripples, including the space between parenting and aging parents, social issues, angsty reflections of midlife, and, sigh, gun humpers. Still. Sometimes a big deal, sometimes not Mayer is a national award-winning columnist, according to the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, and her essays have been recognized as Voice of … Read More Here...

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