I Have 72 Hours To Live...

[John Taylor]

72 Hours To Live away From Home..

My son has to go away for the next three days and I'm looking after
his home and pets while he's away.

So, if you had to live away from your desk for 72 hours what would
you take with you?

And, if you had limited or little access to the internet for three days
how would you spend your time?

John

[Hamida Harland]

I would take a notepad and pen and just do some planning for the next week, month or 3 months. Sometimes I can think clearer without having all the stuff on my comptuter in front of me when it comes to planning.

I would also take my Roboform2go so that if I had access to a computer I would be able to log into all my accounts. I try to only check my email though so that I can answer anything urgent.

Otherwise, just take it easy and enjoy the few days without your computer!

[toonarme]

I'd go crazy...

I'd find a Cybercafe somewhere or move in with my friends. 3 days without Internet Access? Unthinkable...

[Bart Vyvey]

First thing that comes to my mind is that I would make sure I have some stuff to study.
Depending on the availibility of a laptop or PC, these can be either (printed) ebooks or common books you have on the shelf.

Second thing is to take an honest look to your business and try to figure out what can be deleted (stuff that doesn't work), what can be improved (stuff that should work better) and what can be added to increase the value or sales of your business (stuff that will work for you).

Just 2 cents from a newbie.

PS: Don't forget to enjoy your stay!

[Asher]

I thought this title was about self-improvement and supposed to go
to Mind Warriors =D

I'd definitely print some of the ebooks that I've got but never took
the time to read and then go absolutely wild with a notebook and
pen that I'll be madly scribbling my ideas and articles on!

Asher

[Kim Standerline]

I'd invest in mobile broadband (I already have) so I can take my desk with me

I use logmein to literally login to my desktop at home anyway, so I'm never away from it as long as I have my lappie with me.

If I couldn't do any of the above, I'd take some decent novels and just login at a cyber cafe every day to check my emails

Kim

Originally Posted by John Taylor

72 Hours To Live away From Home..

My son has to go away for the next three days and I'm looking after
his home and pets while he's away.

So, if you had to live away from your desk for 72 hours what would
you take with you?

And, if you had limited or little access to the internet for three days
how would you spend your time?

John

[Martin.Avis]

I'd take a book. A real book. A novel. Maybe two.

I'd take a sketch pad and some watercolours.

I'd take a notebook to jot down all the great ideas that will come to me when my brain starts to relax.

And I'd take the attitude that I've just been given a precious gift of three days when I don't have to think about business, don't have to check emails, don't have to obsessively check my ClickBank stats or who is saying what to whom on the Warrior Forum.

In short, I'd take a very welcome break and enjoy every moment of it.

Martin

[rosetrees]

Take a good book and some beer. Have a break. Go for walks, do some gardening, go sightseeing. Take in a museum. It's only 3 days. Come back refreshed. You'll be fired up and ready to work at full pace.

[Kim Standerline]

Originally Posted by Martin.Avis

I'd take a book. A real book. A novel. Maybe two.

I'd take a sketch pad and some watercolours.

I'd take a notebook to jot down all the great ideas that will come to me when my brain starts to relax.

And I'd take the attitude that I've just been given a precious gift of three days when I don't have to think about business, don't have to check emails, don't have to obsessively check my ClickBank stats or who is saying what to whom on the Warrior Forum.

In short, I'd take a very welcome break and enjoy every moment of it.

Martin

Sounds good to me

[BIG Mike]

I'd be putting a call into Amstel to send a semi by with my beer order. The rest would be a blur, hehehehehe.

[Mark Brian]

Happened me when I conducted a webdesign seminar for 3 days in a "remote" place. We brought playstation and bought a couple of books to read and some beers. It was quite a vacation being away from internet.

[Paxton]

3 days eh ???

Tough one that:

Would have to be

2 x Bottles of Talisker
1 x Box of Montecristo No 2's

I think that would just about see me through 72 hours.

[Steven Wagenheim]

I was about to offer my condolences and then I read the thread.

John, you shouldn't scare people like that.

Some of us are anal enough to take these subject lines literally.

Glad to hear you're not shaking off your khaki coil anytime soon.

As for your current problem, since I don't get out much, not sure what to
tell you, but I'm sure you'll survive.

[Bev Clement]

Muffin, your laptop, your notebook, walking shoes, camera, lots of good whisky and food.

You can then plan lots of excellent sites, and even build them offline without any distractions.

Go and take Muffin for lots of walks, and take photos and videos ready for your next site.

Enjoy the finest whisky and food, and relax and forget all about us

[Kurt]

I'd take a bottle of scotch and a shot glass.

Get away from tech for a few days...It will be here when you get back.

[cjv01]

If I were you John I'd congratulate yourself on having the opportunity to get off the 'I must work' bandwagon that all us net marketers get caught up with - and just go for a few nice walks in the rain (well - you missed the summer over the last few days now!), read a book, have a lie-in, and spend some time with the pets just to realize how easy it is for THEM to just make the most of THEIR life without feeling the need to 'work' in order to enjoy it :-)

To Our Success!

Gary

[John Rogers]

I'd take the opportunity to remain unplugged for 72 hours.

Go for walks. Write letters to friends and family who haven't been written to in a long time. Go fishing. Explore the town. Meet new people. Disengage the brain.

John

[Shannon Herod]

I would bring my laptop, mic, flip, and mobile broadband card to overcome that access issue.

I think I am an addict!

Shannon

[Glenn Newsome]

Originally Posted by John Taylor

72 Hours To Live away From Home..

So, if you had to live away from your desk for 72 hours what would
you take with you?

And, if you had limited or little access to the internet for three days
how would you spend your time?

John

Arrrrrrrghhhhhh, ya'll got it all wrong. Here is what I would do.

I think I would immediately get on the phone and ring up Ole VegasVince.
Have him schedule me in for a booking.

Come on Vince buddy--can you hook a fellow warrior up? Of course, Vince is a riot himself and he would be fun to shoot the breeze with while there over a cold one, or two, three, umm, couple cases.

There is someone who can make a couple of days fun for ya.

Dang it, just remembered I am married. Well, it was a thought anyway.

Yeah, ummm, I would spend a few romantic days with my wife---ummm, yeah, that's what I mean.

No, really that is what I would do.

[Dmitry]

I'd meditate, or at least that's how I call it. I'd just let go of everything, free my mind... By the way, maybe it's just my English but I thought this subject was some "marketing" test because it sounds like you won't be alive in 72 hours... Probably just my sick brain.

[Kevin Riley]

Originally Posted by John Taylor

72 Hours To Live away From Home..

My son has to go away for the next three days and I'm looking after
his home and pets while he's away.

So, if you had to live away from your desk for 72 hours what would
you take with you?

And, if you had limited or little access to the internet for three days
how would you spend your time?

John

A good book to read, nacho fixin's, red wine ....

Who needs the Internet for three days? Unplug the umbilical cord.

The big question is, who's going to do the duck surveying?

[Louis Raven]

You can NEVER combine the 2!

You're either having a break/holiday or working. Decide which and make the most of it

I've tried doing both which included laptops and WI-FI and finding a fraudulent credit card chargeback in your inbox whilst on holiday is not that pleasant.

A good business book should do the trick, John

Louis

[Kay King]

Take a good mystery novel - and your tools.

Eat, read, sleep, take walks in an area where no one knows you or asks about business - and fix all those little things around your son's house that need fixing!

3 days to enjoy!

kay

[onlinemarketer]

3 days without a net and a pc???
well its your chance to relax and do nothing lol
just eat and sleep or watch tv/movies or something, you will fill better when you get back to work, takes all the stress

[Peter Bestel]

John

I've just come back from three days away, without laptop and without Internet connection - and I survived!

I didn't have to worry about how to occupy myself because we were staying with friends and catching up with other folk at a wedding. Any spare time we had was spent in the hotel's leisure suite.

But if I were in your shoes, when I wasn't walking the pets (assuming they're of the walking variety) I'd have my head stuck in some books for most of the time, and probably watch a film or two.

Take the opportunity to chill, reflect and maybe even plot and scheme if you feel so inclined.

Peter

[Dana_W]

Don't scare me like that! Although I was going to say...you have an AWESOME doctor if he can call things that precisely. Or, you're starring in a Hollywood thriller and you have to figure out who gave you slow acting poison before your 72 hours are up.

I would bring a stack of good books that have nothing to do with business, and my favorite music, and I would take a complete mental break from marketing.

[Rod Cortez]

I'd look for a local rave, a sushi bar, smoke a few Macanudos, drinks some Don Julio tequila, relax, and host a couple of get togethers......

[Andrew Maule]

I clicked for the morbid thread title.

[John Hillage]

Chill out completely and get away from the pc and all things IM related. I feel so refreshed and ready to work again when I take a few days off.

[Angela V. Edwards]

I thought that was one of those new "Marketing Headlines" that I'll be seeing in my inbox in the next few days.

Seriously, though...I'd take some current magazines with me. I like magazines anyway, but you can use them to look at what's being advertised as well as what types of articles they contain. Magazines are a great resource for creating new products.

[Dana_W]

Originally Posted by Angela V. Edwards

I thought that was one of those new "Marketing Headlines" that I'll be seeing in my inbox in the next few days.

Seriously, though...I'd take some current magazines with me. I like magazines anyway, but you can use them to look at what's being advertised as well as what types of articles they contain. Magazines are a great resource for creating new products.

Yeah, look what John started. It'll be like the "bad news" email nightmare that Frank Kern gifted us all with!

[Daniel Vaughan]

I would bring my laptop (I cant get enough of "work"), guitar (to relax) and my wallet for any last minute takeaways!

[shrinagesh]

I'd go crazy if i don't carry my laptop.
If I cannot connect to internet, i'll try to find alternatives
1) browse, tweet, check mail from mobile
2) netcafe'
3) notepad, pen to jott down ideas for future blog posts, articles, goals, ideas, wishes, fancies and anything that comes into mind
4) Hang out with family
5) If nothing works, Sleep

[Didier Faucher]

I'd take few cloths, my credit card, a return train ticket to Paris and go to visit ethnology and natural history museums and their libraries, and just spend some time walking on the streets.

If I had 2 or 3 days more, I'd go to Istanbul and would spend my time talking to people and going here and there. That's a wonderful place.

If I had 10-12 days, I'd take a plane to Jakarta (Indonesia), then a second one to Balikpapan (Borneo, Indonesia) then a boat to go inside the island, then a smaller boat to go to a village where I'd meet the locals and walk in the rainforest.

Early morning in Borneo + mist + heat + rainforest + cigarette + coffee + enjoying watching the scenery = Paradise.

On the way, I'd spend one day in Malaysia and one day in Singapore too.

All this with one or two friends. My girlfriend, if I had one.

Would love to meet my Osa Johnson.
http://www.safarimuseum.com/

Didier

[Paul Myers]

John,

I helped a friend move recently, and it was a 3 day job, including Saturday and Sunday. Since it was only one business day away from email, I took my cell phone for emergencies, some movies, and a pocket notebook for ideas that hit me while hauling boxes of books.

Nice break.


Paul