Vacation Lessons

This post has nothing to do with job searching, but lessons in life I’ve recently learned. I just returned from a long weekend away in scenic Door County, WI with my husband and daughter, and here’s what I came back with:

1. Don’t move a lawn ornament, even to drive around an obstacle in a driveway, or you may be screamed at by the association management for 5 minutes straight (and he used to be a senior executive at a Fortune 500 company!).
2. Toddlers and beaches mean more sand in the van than you could possibly imagine.
3. State park rangers prefer the receipt that you paid for park entry on the right hand side of the dash, rather then the left – or the middle of the dash. Otherwise, they ticket you anyway, requiring you to drive the length of the park to the main gate to plea your case that you did, indeed, pay.
4. Vacations aren’t really like they used to be, as my husband and I both joined the ranks of numerous other supposed vacationers sitting in parking lots and coffee houses at every available “hot spot”.
5. Be inspired by change. So many of the business owners and people we talked with are pursuing a completely different way of life and dramatic career change as they had the courage to leave their successful “corporate world” jobs and follow their dreams.
6. Family time, or time with loved ones, is invaluable. In the midst of your job search, don’t forget to take time to make memories this summer with the special people in your life.