Hobbies/interests - mine are mostly petrol fuelled and puerile but, whatever makes you happy. In short, all the things you do in small doses when you’re working so damned hard on building your career you can now gorge on. Museums, art galleries, theatres - drink in some culture. Fitness - lose a few pounds and start thinking about really getting in shape. Now, I don’t know if you have ever had the opportunity or inclination to take some time out from work but I never had. School, university, career, without interruption other than the odd week or so of holiday. In truth, I’ve always thought a career break was something you did when you collapsed from exhaustion or royally f*cked up in your job.īut having to take time to look around, beyond the myopia that often comes when you become so singularly focussed in your job, is incredibly rewarding. Over the past several months, I have had to take some time out from work. I’ve sold my agency and, as is often the way, I am obliged to take a few moments to not be commercially active. So, I find myself in the middle of my own Reset Day, albeit the day is actually a couple of months. This quote was printed on the inside of my previous agency’s brochure. The agency was a fast-paced digital creative shop and this line summed up, for me at least, the importance of taking some time to reflect. Properly think about what has worked well, what hasn’t, to celebrate the wins and learn from the failings. These words were backed up with actions: we had an annual Reset Day where we closed the agency and spent most of the day picking through processes, projects and, most importantly, the fun we had had over the last year. (The day was typically rounded off with a boat - or rather a floating bar - taking us up and down the Thames.)

Life moves pretty fast sometimes