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Rest Is a Business Strategy, Not a Reward

What Aruba taught me about my own bandwidth

Andrea Holblitt · July 5, 2026 · 3 min read

It had been years since I took a real vacation. In Aruba, I finally put my phone down and let the world survive without me.

The beach was great. The silence was suspicious. Then it became exactly what I needed.

Rest didn't slow me down. It gave me my brain back.

So I'm resetting how I work. Less reacting. More deciding. Three priorities each morning. One block of phone-free thinking time. And at least one hour a week when nobody can reach me.

Your business needs your energy — not every minute of your attention.

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