Chillaxation

       What is vacation for you? I think the last time I had a completely detached vacation, no communication, would have to go back to pre-cell phone times. While the always in touch world we live in helps us to be better at our jobs, in some respect, it also raises the expectations that no matter where you are or what you are doing, you need to get back to your co-workers and customers within a timely manner. Every vacation, I have the same hopes of turning off my phone and responding to emails and calls when I return. yeah, not so much....
       One of the best talks I have ever heard on vacation , as a turf manager, was given by John Segui, who at the time, had recently retired from his longtime superintendent position at Waynesborough CC, outside Philadelphia. John spoke of the need to get away with your family, even if it meant making some runs back and forth during the week. He spoke of how important it is to make time for your family. John, who is a past president of the GCSAA, is a truly a class act. To hear someone who was so successful advocate family, was great to hear. With the majority of courses starting to or down to the final days before aerification here in the Mid-Atlantic, shorter days are coming.
       Hopefully, you got a chance to spend some family time and as my 11 year old likes to call it Chillaxation!

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