Comments on: Balancing Work and Play in Bruges http://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/balancing-work-and-play-in-bruges/ Nomadic Matt's Travel Site Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:42:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: everthenomadhttp://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/balancing-work-and-play-in-bruges/#comment-45121 everthenomad Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:18:42 +0000 http://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=3009#comment-45121 Balancing work and play on the road is a tough one indeed! On many of my trips I find myself juggling several articles, occasionally a guidebook and of course the blog. The blog always ends up suffering, as it's not my money-maker... hence the sporadic posts, both from home and the road. Let alone Twitter. Most days I don't even remember it exists. :-) Balancing work and play on the road is a tough one indeed! On many of my trips I find myself juggling several articles, occasionally a guidebook and of course the blog. The blog always ends up suffering, as it’s not my money-maker… hence the sporadic posts, both from home and the road. Let alone Twitter. Most days I don’t even remember it exists. :-)

]]> By: NomadicMatthttp://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/balancing-work-and-play-in-bruges/#comment-44089 NomadicMatt Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:32:58 +0000 http://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=3009#comment-44089 Garrett, that makes me sad just reading about that. Garrett, that makes me sad just reading about that.

]]> By: Garretthttp://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/balancing-work-and-play-in-bruges/#comment-44022 Garrett Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:08:18 +0000 http://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=3009#comment-44022 I've been to Brugges and the only thing I remember is that we had to leave town right BEFORE the most amazing bar we had ever seen was about to open (had around 400 Belgian beers available). That made me SAD.Besides that, I remember being ridiculously calm, almost deserted. I’ve been to Brugges and the only thing I remember is that we had to leave town right BEFORE the most amazing bar we had ever seen was about to open (had around 400 Belgian beers available). That made me SAD.

Besides that, I remember being ridiculously calm, almost deserted.

]]> By: Kellyhttp://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/balancing-work-and-play-in-bruges/#comment-43163 Kelly Sun, 14 Feb 2010 02:43:07 +0000 http://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=3009#comment-43163 Hey Matt!Thanks so much for everything you do. I bought your e-book a while ago and it has been really helpful to me! I love your site, it's wonderful! Now that I'm on the road (in Rio de Janeiro, at the moment, for Carnaval) this post really hit home with me. It is hard to combine work and travel, but for most of us, these two go hand-in-hand. I know I had to work for ages to be able to travel, and now that I am traveling, I have to work to keep going! But it's worth it! The world is a beautiful place!Thanks again for the great posts! Hey Matt!

Thanks so much for everything you do. I bought your e-book a while ago and it has been really helpful to me! I love your site, it’s wonderful! Now that I’m on the road (in Rio de Janeiro, at the moment, for Carnaval) this post really hit home with me. It is hard to combine work and travel, but for most of us, these two go hand-in-hand. I know I had to work for ages to be able to travel, and now that I am traveling, I have to work to keep going! But it’s worth it! The world is a beautiful place!

Thanks again for the great posts!

]]> By: Leighhttp://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/balancing-work-and-play-in-bruges/#comment-42835 Leigh Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:14:16 +0000 http://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=3009#comment-42835 These are tips. They also require one to be disciplined. I am not always so disciplined and am very likely to find myself off taking photos of camel toe (there's a great abundance of it here in Salta) or jumping to a new idea.So perhaps for me that's the mantra. Remain focused. Remain focused.And yes, I also loved Bruges and have some really wonderful memories and friends there. So Colin Farrell, feh. These are tips. They also require one to be disciplined. I am not always so disciplined and am very likely to find myself off taking photos of camel toe (there’s a great abundance of it here in Salta) or jumping to a new idea.

So perhaps for me that’s the mantra. Remain focused. Remain focused.

And yes, I also loved Bruges and have some really wonderful memories and friends there. So Colin Farrell, feh.

]]> By: Steve From TravelingProfessor.comhttp://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/balancing-work-and-play-in-bruges/#comment-42432 Steve From TravelingProfessor.com Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:41:14 +0000 http://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=3009#comment-42432 I take groups to Paris which is a tremendous amount of work. At 9:30 a.m. everyone is in the lobby and ready to go. But two hours before that, I am up writing my blog. I grab a cup of coffee (it's gotta be Starbucks, the only place where I can get coffee in a paper cup to go), go back to my room and start blogging.I think it is good not only to set time aside, but to make it "quiet time" where you are pretty sure you are not going to get a lot of interruptions or distractions. I take groups to Paris which is a tremendous amount of work. At 9:30 a.m. everyone is in the lobby and ready to go. But two hours before that, I am up writing my blog. I grab a cup of coffee (it’s gotta be Starbucks, the only place where I can get coffee in a paper cup to go), go back to my room and start blogging.

I think it is good not only to set time aside, but to make it “quiet time” where you are pretty sure you are not going to get a lot of interruptions or distractions.

]]> By: cynthia in the french alpshttp://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/balancing-work-and-play-in-bruges/#comment-42414 cynthia in the french alps Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:32:40 +0000 http://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=3009#comment-42414 Great tips and warnings in this post. I travel a lot for work including to the US and bought a mini computer with WiFi capacity, and also bought an internet key here in France to use when traveling around the country doing my videos. But I find that it's far more expensive than I expected because I don't understand how they do the calculations - it sure isn't the 2 euros per hour or 8 euros per day they told me it would cost! Thanks again for a great post. Cynthia Great tips and warnings in this post. I travel a lot for work including to the US and bought a mini computer with WiFi capacity, and also bought an internet key here in France to use when traveling around the country doing my videos. But I find that it’s far more expensive than I expected because I don’t understand how they do the calculations – it sure isn’t the 2 euros per hour or 8 euros per day they told me it would cost! Thanks again for a great post. Cynthia

]]> By: Adriennehttp://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/balancing-work-and-play-in-bruges/#comment-42253 Adrienne Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:08:18 +0000 http://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=3009#comment-42253 I like the idea of giving yourself a set amount of time on the computer. That tip could definitely help me. And I also agree with the waste of time that is Facebook. It's a great site, but I need to learn to get in and out under 5 minutes. :) I like the idea of giving yourself a set amount of time on the computer. That tip could definitely help me. And I also agree with the waste of time that is Facebook. It’s a great site, but I need to learn to get in and out under 5 minutes. :)

]]> By: Suzihttp://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/balancing-work-and-play-in-bruges/#comment-41506 Suzi Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:50:57 +0000 http://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=3009#comment-41506 I think these are great tips for staying focused & organized whether on the road or at home! It's so easy to let the amount of work you have to do fill up the amount of time that's available - take a break here, get distracted there, & pretty soon you've spent a whole day doing what should have been done in an hour or two. Thanx for the reminder! I think these are great tips for staying focused & organized whether on the road or at home! It’s so easy to let the amount of work you have to do fill up the amount of time that’s available – take a break here, get distracted there, & pretty soon you’ve spent a whole day doing what should have been done in an hour or two. Thanx for the reminder!

]]> By: Tanyahttp://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/balancing-work-and-play-in-bruges/#comment-18601 Tanya Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:19:09 +0000 http://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=3009#comment-18601 I agree with all of these tips. And that it's tough to balance work and play when traveling. Knowing my rhythm helped a lot. Once I realized I just didn't write well at night, I stopped beating myself up for not writing at night. Know your limits and accept them. I agree with all of these tips. And that it’s tough to balance work and play when traveling. Knowing my rhythm helped a lot. Once I realized I just didn’t write well at night, I stopped beating myself up for not writing at night. Know your limits and accept them.

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