"I'm here to be, not to prove myself. Be yourself. When you're on vacation, be there, be yourself. Not worrying about your email or not being somewhere else."

There are several tones in which we can write our out-of-office messages: Serious and robotic, funny and playful, urgent and apologetic, and so on. Do we take our OOO messages too seriously?

In today's episode, Rebecca explains how our OOO messages might indicate burnout. She dives into why we shouldn't have such a sense of urgency in our OOO messaging and breaks down how to make them more human.

Things to listen for: 

• [05:40] Out-of-office messages: It ain't that deep
• [07:21] Make your OOO email personal, emotional, and social
• [17:26] Rebecca's favorite OOO message

Resources:

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