๐‘๐„๐’๐“ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐๐‘๐Ž๐ƒ๐”๐‚๐“๐ˆ๐•๐ˆ๐“๐˜ or one-day mega vacation

ChangeMakersโ€™ON
2 min readJan 12, 2022

This is a story on how ChangeMakersON sent their boss on a one-day mega vacation!

CMON is a team that might best be defined as a group that laughs, works and searches for solutions together. Or, as Simona said, sometimes the team you work closely with, is able to see your needs better than you do yourself.

Thatโ€™s why for the Boss Day we sent our dear boss Simona to a forest retreat.

She was clueless she will have to chop wood for her open-air hot tub, row a boat to the middle of the lake and, most importantly, forget her phone for 24 hours.

โ€œThe biggest surprise to me was, that deep inside I really craved for such a getaway, no matter how short. It is such a joy to be with a team that hears you better than you do yourself.โ€

โ€œ๐‘Š๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘”๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘›๐‘’๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘œ๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘ ,โ€ says Simona. โ€œ๐‘Š๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘˜๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘š๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก, ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘๐‘’๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘–๐‘ก.โ€

Simona shares that the absence of โ€œbreathe outโ€ in our daily routines creates serious blockages in our systems. โ€œ๐‘Š๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘–๐‘›, ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘’,โ€ smiles Simona.

๐’๐จ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐š ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ?

โž•โž•โž• ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ž. โ€œ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘“๐‘“๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’ โ€” ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘๐‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘‘, ๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘”๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘ก, ๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘›๐‘œ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘“๐‘ก ๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿข๐Ÿข ๐‘˜๐‘š ๐‘Ž๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ!โ€

โž•โž• ๐๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž.

โž• ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž. โ€œ๐‘‡๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘Ž ๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘š๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’-๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘“๐‘ก.โ€

โž–โž–โž– ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. Instead of one day, it should be a full week of โ€œofflineโ€ life!

โž–โž– ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ. โ€œ๐‘‚๐‘๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘–๐‘Ž ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘๐‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘‘, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ผโ€™๐‘š ๐‘Ž ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘›!โ€

โž– ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ฅ๐ฒ as there were so many activities.

๐‚๐Ž๐๐‚๐‹๐”๐’๐ˆ๐Ž๐. The more your daily activities are about mental work and less about physical activity, the more you will benefit from solving such outdoor puzzles! Absolutely everyone would benefit from such a reset, at least once a week. The root of the problem is often about not enough rest and being unable to see things from aside. At least for a very short while!

๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐Œ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐Ž๐ โ€” ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ, ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ, ๐š๐ฅ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ.

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