{"id":519,"date":"2022-12-31T11:29:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T15:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/48-hours-of-nothing-impossible\/"},"modified":"2022-12-31T11:29:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T15:29:04","slug":"48-hours-of-nothing-impossible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/48-hours-of-nothing-impossible\/","title":{"rendered":"48 Hours of Nothing | IMPOSSIBLE \u00ae"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I went to a Getaway House for the first time in a few years a few weeks ago to do a quarterly retreat.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been meaning to do a quarterly retreat and planning process but I seem to find a way to get out of it.<\/p>\n

Working hard is easy enough for me, but taking a step back to plan out the lay of the land has always been a struggle.<\/p>\n

Going during the week drops the Getaway pricing from like $400-$500 on their peak weekends (crazy talk) to roughly $108\/night. They were running some special, so I took another 20% off that.<\/p>\n

It came out to $200 for 2 days or 48 hours of focus \u2013 essentially inexcusable for me not<\/em> to plan something along these lines at least every quarter.<\/p>\n

When I showed up \u2013 I had this large grandiose outline of how I was going to plan out the business for the quarter, prioritize different projects, and do a bunch of activities outside in nature in between the activities.<\/p>\n

Instead, as soon as I showed up \u2013 it started raining.<\/p>\n

And aside for a few strategic hourly breaks \u2013 it basically rained for the entirety of the time I was there.<\/p>\n

Instead of my intricate itinerary, I ended up:<\/p>\n

Instead of my intricate itinerary, I did a lot of\u2026nothing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But it was astoundingly productive to intentionally do nothing.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And as I got away from the day-to-day incoming agendas \u2013 the next steps for work got really clear \u2013 like a water in a river clearing up when you stop muddling your feet in it.<\/p>\n

Instead of running through a checklist, planner or quarterly workshops, the clarity made things simple:<\/p>\n