Do you workshift while on vacation?  What tips would you suggest to others?

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Ok, that title may alienate a few folks, but sometimes instead of "holiday", I just want to say Christmas!  Ok, I feel better.

As Christmas gets near I need to mentally prepare for in-laws, distant cousins, intoxicated relatives, long drives, delayed planes and a lot of general pain associated with getting to loved ones.  Once i'm finally in the mix, I find that I need to disconnect from the festive crowd, sit down and log-on.  I look to workshifting as break from all the human connectivity.  I need to interact with my online community, maybe check-in at Foursquare (wish it worked better on the iPod Touch), Facebook, read some blog posts and if I'm really feeling uptight, check work email.

It's exactly what I'm trying to escape when I'm on vacation, and yet I find it so comforting when I need to disconnect...from my vacation.  Weird, I wonder if some of you feel the same way?
I don't think this is a bad thing.  Many of us workshifters love what we do.  I happen to be one of those people.  Logging into work or joining an online meeting is sometimes just what the doctor ordered during the holidays.  So if you do it, don't feel bad. 

Many people will be doing the same.  Watch for this type of behavior:  Someone will be nodding their head like they are listening to you intently, slowly they will be backing up towards the hallway but being sure to grab a champagne cocktail on the way, then quietly dipping into an office.  They will sit down to the warm glow of the monitor and then a certain sense of calm will wash over them.  Ahhh.....

Is that you?  How do you workshift during the holidays?

Merry Christmas!

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