By: Rebecca Minkoff
“I went to Miami for a speaking engagement, but most of the trip was spent trying to balance two completely different parts of my life at the same time.”
“I drove there with the kids, which already changes the tone of a work trip immediately. It was not a vacation. It was a few packed days of conferences, meetings, networking, outfit changes, logistics, pool breaks, meals squeezed in between obligations, and trying to make sure I still got meaningful time with my kids while continuing to build my career.
That was the hardest part of the trip: constantly toggling between work mode and mom mode.
One minute I was preparing to speak or rushing to a meeting, and the next I was sneaking away to the pool, the beach, breakfast, or the waterpark with the kids before heading back to another event. I was answering emails while coordinating snacks, changing in hotel bathrooms between conference clothes and mom clothes, trying to be fully present in both worlds even when they were pulling against each other.
We ate at Motek, which ended up being one of my favorite meals of the trip. After a long drive and jumping immediately into work mode, it felt good to sit still for a second and have a real dinner before the events and meetings started taking over the schedule.”
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https://rebeccaminkoff.substack.com/p/my-vacation-packing-guide-part-1
