The typical vacation for most lawyers consists of their packing their laptop, blackberry, cell phone and other such modern-day gadgets - - all of which they use, while on vacation, on a daily basis.
We frequently ask our clients, when they return from their vacation, if they had (a) a good rest, (b) quality relaxation, and (c) fun. We are no longer surprised (but disappointed) when they respond by answering "No, but we got a lot of work done."
To us, a "vacation" is a time and place to get a break from the "daily grind." It is not a "quiet hide-away" for the completion of work. We know that this is easier said than done; but, it is also true.
We read with interest an article that appeared in the Wall Street Journal on March 25, 2008 referring to the Arawak Beach Inn on the Caribbean Island of Anguilla which offers an "Isolation Vacation."
When checking in at this vacation spot, guests will quit their gadgets "cold turkey" by surrendering their laptops, and hand-held wireless devices. Guests are also denied Internet access and will have no phone or television in their ocean-front accommodations.
To many lawyers, this would be a "nightmare," not a "dream" !
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