Laugh so you get a stomach ache

Dear member,

Summer is finally here — and we hope you can soon put down your computer and feel that the world doesn't actually burn down because you're taking time off.

Because it doesn't.

At Finansforbundet in Nordea, we talk a lot about working life and balance, and we mean it. But it requires that we actually use the break as what it is: A break. The word comes from the Latin pausa, which means 'to cease'. Too many of us take time off on paper, while in practice we forget to cease working and, for example, check emails in the holiday home. 

A real break is not laziness. It's maintenance. That's where the energy comes back, and it's where you remember who you are outside of work.

So spend the summer. Slept too much. Grill too much. Swim too much. Laugh so you get a stomach ache. Be present where you are.

See you again after the summer holidays — fresh, curious and ready to tackle what awaits.

Have a good summer from all of us at Finansforbundet in Nordea