Another Trip I'm Not Taking
Apr. 27th, 2022 04:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerWord came today that a business trip I was planning to take next week has been canceled. Actually, the whole event in Atlanta I'm traveling to support has been canceled; so there's no longer a need to travel.
Partly I'm relieved. This solves my concerns about traveling with the mask mandate suddenly dropped. I'm mostly settled with that being the new reality but not yet 100%. Now the point is moot... for at least another few weeks. (I have a trip to Austin planned later in May.)
It's also a relief to my schedule next week that I'm not traveling. During the past 24+ months of Covid remote working I've gotten accustomed to the amount of work I can do when I spend pretty much zero time getting from Point A to Point B. Going back to having to block out the better part of 3 days for just one meeting that I have to travel for, even if it's a long one like a workshop, seems horribly inefficient.
There's one aspect of this which is a bummer. ...Actually, two. One is I like meeting customers and prospects IRL. It's part of why I moved from development into sales years ago. The other bummer is that canceling trips sets me back on my elite status chase for the year. I need those miles! 😅
Edited to add: This is the second time some of these events have been canceled! They were originally scheduled for January, but the company pulled the plug on them right after the new year.
Partly I'm relieved. This solves my concerns about traveling with the mask mandate suddenly dropped. I'm mostly settled with that being the new reality but not yet 100%. Now the point is moot... for at least another few weeks. (I have a trip to Austin planned later in May.)
It's also a relief to my schedule next week that I'm not traveling. During the past 24+ months of Covid remote working I've gotten accustomed to the amount of work I can do when I spend pretty much zero time getting from Point A to Point B. Going back to having to block out the better part of 3 days for just one meeting that I have to travel for, even if it's a long one like a workshop, seems horribly inefficient.
There's one aspect of this which is a bummer. ...Actually, two. One is I like meeting customers and prospects IRL. It's part of why I moved from development into sales years ago. The other bummer is that canceling trips sets me back on my elite status chase for the year. I need those miles! 😅
Edited to add: This is the second time some of these events have been canceled! They were originally scheduled for January, but the company pulled the plug on them right after the new year.
