Thanksgiving is always the biggest break from work for me each year. My family goes away for a almost a week of skiing to take a break away from our busy lives. Last week I was gone, taking 6 whole days away from work and I came back this week, with a lot of emails, articles, and various other work here at SQLServerCentral.

This time, however, I tried something completely new. I didn't check my email from SQLServerCentral, visit the site, or do anything else work related during the time away. That's a first for me, as the last few years I've been pruning emails on my phone during vacation, handling minor items as I had time. It was hard, since my email client would show an ever increasing count of unread messages, but I made a point of not working during the time away.

Read the rest of "A Refreshing Break" at SQLServerCentral.