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briffle | on: Starlink Mini 2
I often work from campsites. I no longer have to rely on if there is 4/5G signal, and can borrow a family members Mini (and pay for a month of service).

That means I can now head out on Wednesday after work, drive 3-5 hours to the middle of no-where, and work Thursday and Friday. But each of those days, I am able to be done working and then at a camping site with my family. Go on hikes, fish, swim, etc.

So now my whole family can enjoy being in the wild, and I don't have to burn up vacation days. And we don't have to try to jam it all into a weekend were you feel like your just travelling the whole time.

Side note.. Having no signal on the west coast can actually be extremely dangerous, with how fast some wild-fires have spread. You can have one 10 miles away and not know it with the wind blowing the other way, and if it shifts direction, you can have a very limited time and path to get away.

Being able to check tools like WatchDuty and weather reports from the middle of nowhere is a safety feature.

kccqzy | parent | next
Long before Starlink I actually tried something similar: book a hotel or airbnb in a place with good natural beauty. Work remote for the day, log off promptly at 5pm and then go on a hike or bike ride. I felt that I did not enjoy it at all. Work is emotionally draining enough that the quality of an after-work hike is far below a hike on a weekend. I stopped doing that.
robotresearcher | root | parent | next
I feel the same. But doing a half day each works great for me.

Ski 8-noon, then work in the warm.

Desert hike 6-10 then work in the cool.

That way if work is engaging - maybe you get into a nice flow state - you can keep going into the evening and your body already got the outdoors it likes.

I really like this mode a lot.

unregistereddev | root | parent | next
I have done a variation on this. Take a vacation, drive to a national park, and go camping. Then go to an airbnb with good natural beauty, work thursday and friday, go hiking on the weekend, then take a travel day to come home.

This allowed me to take a longer vacation while still separating work time from hiking time. The emotionally draining work days coincided with much-needed recharge time in between the strenuous camping/hiking days and the weekend of more hiking.

annzabelle | root | parent | next
I had coworkers who worked east coast hours but lived on the west coast, so they were off at 2 every day. A lot of them initially had all kinds of plans for what they would do with their free afternoons, but in the end, seemingly all of them did about what those of us who work til 5 do after work, just with an earlier bedtime.
the-chitmonger | root | parent
I worked with the reverse! Boss was on the west coast and I on the east. Honestly much preferred it. Having the open morning and starting work after a no-rush breakfast, some exercise, etc. was divine.
annzabelle | root | parent | next
I am not a morning person, and I have dreamed of that setup. I think I would choose to sleep in until 10 or 10:30 most days and I would use my late evenings to enjoy that last bit of open time at the climbing gym where it's a bit quieter. I really like night time, but when I have a regular work schedule I have to go to bed a couple hours before I would really like to.
nunez | root | parent
This is my ideal work schedule
boringg | root | parent | next
Thats a good observation - the capacity to appreciate something is probably as important as just being (in this case) in a beautiful space.
Centigonal | root | parent | next
Different strokes for different folks. One of my favorite vacations involved working out of hotels during the day and driving around the Colorado Rockies in the afternoon/evening.
domelian | root | parent | next
Workation doesn't work...
omnimus | root | parent
It does, you just have to make it long enough to have time to explore and weekends. My fave time are month+ workations.
whimsicalism | root | parent | next
You can still go on hikes on the weekend
rconti | root | parent
Sure, but in the parent's post, the family is able to enjoy the camp time, and they're able to somewhat enjoy the time, not have to drive 3-5h on Friday during rush hour when everyone else is doing the same, and not have to turn around and pack up camp <48h later.

I've had good and bad remote work vacations. My best was when I was able to link together 11 days out of town and only have to work 2 of them.

hunter-gatherer | root | parent | next
Same. I've done what parent post said with much success, but when I try to make it my own vacation, it's always short. It is nice to let the family enjoy it though
Noaidi | root | parent
But you know what I’m gonna call this for what it is. Greed. Everyone wants everything all the time. But what cost are we paying for that? Astronomers can’t view the night sky anymore. And not to mention the power we give an oligarch.
CrimsonRain | root | parent
Them viewing night sky is not as important as these. Astronomers can use telescopes in space.
atomicthumbs | root | parent
who are you to decide that
HaloZero | parent | next
Does your partner not work or do you got additional care? Who is taking care of the kids or are they old enough to mind themselves while you’re working?

This sounds ideal but my kid is too young to not require me not working. Maybe in the future for me.

raised_hand | parent | next
may I ask, how is your productivity in this arrangement, I suppose you are not wilderness camping correct?
reynoldsalec | parent | next
The family aspect is the crux here for me...it's great to get the family out enjoying things while us poor saps left back at the campsite just enjoy a slightly different view behind our laptop screen for most the day.
Zancarius | root | parent
That's what I was thinking. Enjoyment is often benchmarked more by sharing the experience with other people. While I begrudgingly must admit this as an introvert, my introversion makes it no less true!
nicoburns | parent
Better than not, I guess. But it would better still to have more vacation days (if you're American, then most of the world probably has twice as many as you do)
infecto | root | parent | next
I always dislike the European vs American commentary. There are tradeoffs and we could easily go back and forth on those.
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vel0city | root | parent | next
I do agree when comparing developed wealthy nations the US ranks poorly on average vacation days per worker.

But on a global standard across all peoples, even those in the informal economies? US probably works out better.

Not that being a bit better off than subsistence farmers in extreme poverty is a high standard to cross, it's still a pretty low bar. I'd still recommend scoping your claims accurately.

frantathefranta | root | parent | next
The demographic of Americans who use a Starlink to work from the wilderness probably has more vacation days than the mean European.
losvedir | root | parent | next
Joke's on you, I have "unlimited" vacation days...
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throwaway-blaze | root | parent
That explains European economic growth vs the US over the last decade.
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