Briefly Unavailable
"Briefly Unavailable for Scheduled Maintenance" is what your site reads while updating plugins. It is that unplugging to plug everything back in, checking for leaks adding features, reorganizing and realigning all the pieces which may need to catch up with dependent sites elsewhere. Update, unpuzzle, declutter, revise, refresh, reunite the ties that continue smooth browsing.
To enhance the process, put it on your plan. Write or plug the job into your calendar. Update website plugins written on agenda, check.
But this is not the point of my message today.
While your site is breiefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance, I wanted to remind you that people are more important than invisible web projects.
When you schedule your maintenance, self care four-wheeling, shed hunting, unwinding, beach dwelling, prayer/meditation, it will become self-evident the importance of my advice.
Remember to unplug and post a sign, an autoresponse or otherwise note to say you are doing something great for yourself and your business! I used to do a cartoon of a little cartoon guy eating popcorn with 3D glasses on. He would reliably pop up in text reply to callers.
"Briefly Unavailable for Scheduled Maintenance" is just one idea of your sign to all that you care about your health. Or maybe could care less, but just show up with a lingering question you should be open for right this very instant.
When you leave the sign for rest and reconnecting, reprogramming, rewinding, reviewing, reflection and otherwise rest from blue light, gizmos, all the stuff revolving around your work, you will return enlightened for the next phase of success. And potential clients can quickly see a return message, such as out of office til Monday, auto respond email that does not leave people hanging.
While you're engineering your best destiny, it may not be obvious you need a break. Take it from an individual who can tell you all sorts of horror stories about burnout. Not just first hand examples, but the examples of what I reviewed for an epic speech. I listened to the voices of a group of widows whose officer husbands died from suicide.
My heart goes out and I am urging you to make a sign. Please Post ideas or examples below. Here is one from my heart.
Sincerely,
Nurse Becca
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Do you actually have time to fish? I am sure you would probably do well. They say those who are anxious flying make good fishermen. Must be the patience needed. :)
Seriously though I understand what you are saying.
😁 sometimes i fit in a fish or 2 at least a good back up for my kiddos when i don't luck out
Nice. I love to fish. Good eating. Best I ever ate was blackend Dolphin steak. Wow was it good!
Not flipper the porpoise, which people get confused about porpoise and dolphin.
Yes, so true! We must make time for ourselves. Last month I took a fascinating course about masculine and feminine energy, and I always remember the advice from that course, to give yourself at least some 30 minutes Goddess time every day.
A fishing trip is good every now and then. It gives a person time to take a brain break and at the same time, you can check on updates. Me, I love Salmon myself although I did try fishing for Walleye. I'm still waiting but if I put that right bait out there, he will come. Thanks for sharing! :-)
Becca, so you are sayin that whenever I update plug-ins, theme or WordPress I should turn my maintenance sign on?
That will display automatically whilst it's doing the cyber jig funky chicken...
I'm saying make a little poster for me you can hang or post or even the good old do not disturb sign to show the importance of self care or unwinding
That was awesome and ridiculous!! Holy cow I love the big gulp slurpee and it probably had red bull or something in it. That guy is off the hook! I thought i was the only one who puts turquoise with pink and black strutting an imagined match haha.
Why with the skydiving, I swear lol!! Preparing me for another flight day after tmrw? I totally was not expecting that, rock and rolled my guts
Thank you I could not stop laughing
Ew! 🎣 fishing? Eating too many Walleye or Northern Pikes fishes that I grew up on in the Land of 10k Lakes of Minnesota. Now, dislike any fishes except Salmon. Yeah, I get it. Thanks for the tips.
I like Salmon too, just has to be cooked right. I love going fishing, why I got my Oregon nursing license to catch a Sturgeon, and wait for hospice calls. I just give them a hug and let em go. They think I'm crazy but that's okay. It is rather relaxing until they try to pull me in but who can blame them?
There is one dinosaur I call school bus on the snake almost caught him once. You're welcome of course dearheart. Ha, I haven't seen Pikes for awhile, kinda ugly if I remember right. It is fun to go fish CJ strike, that is why I got CJ affiliate haha I know I'm a dork.
Do you have a Do Not Disturb sign? I would be glad to think of one for you just for fun. Like, a sign talk to my nurse and the nurse with a shirt that says talk to the hand. And no the hand ain't flippin a birdie but hey that would be a good one, too funny!
Northern Pikes are huge and heavy. They got dots all over their body and mouth seems more longer and little pointed. The most ugliest fish in Minnesota are the Sturgeons (mostly catch up northern near the Boundary Water Canoe area) and Catfishes in the fresh water rivers such as the Mississippi and Minnesota River and many more rivers. No bird flipping for me. I’d probably use Garfield the cat. Out for a Nap. Thats what I do these days. Cat naps.
I love Garfield! Yes your meme for buzz off im taking a catnap has Garfield before and after Lasagna 🤣❤
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Well said NurseBecca!
I'm only just getting started but sometimes I think I need to take a little break. It can be VERY addictive to see your little baby of a website continue to grow and you don't want to leave it alone, because you know it will only grow if you make it grow. Big daddy Google will not notice your little infant unless you jump up and down and wave your arms, shouting "Look at me Google, look at my little website!"
I had taken a week off work last week to focus on my website (I work in finance. Stressful!) but then had the flu all week and was feeling terrible and run down. I still managed to do some work but not as much as I would have liked.
Did I get the flu because it was just one of those things? or was I running myself down with all the extra work I've been doing outside of my day job? Who knows to be fair?
What I do need to think about though is to try and get some sort of balance and make sure I'm not going to burn myself out before I've even had a chance to be successful at this.
Balance is key!
Anyway, off to work now! lol :-)
Have a great day Becca
Thank you for the reply, yes it is vital to separate from stress. The constant bombardment of it can even change the shape of your brain. It makes your adrenal glands secrete steroid hormones and this can reduce your immunity. I am glad to hear you recovered. Self care is essential. Nurse burnout causes catasrophe. That is why I got flip flops and a beach bag new tackle and a glow in the dark fishing rod lol! Thank you for wishing me great day. Likewise! Pushing forty on my birthday and my biggest chore today aside from my mental health and suicide speech is to eat chocolate😁💝
Sincerely,
Nurse Becca