Three weeks in Himachal. Three days of leave.
Over the last few weeks, I combined:
- 3 weeks of work-from-home 💻
- 2 weekends of road trip ~4000km 🚗
- 2 weekends of exploration 🏔️
- A workshop at a Buddhist monastery 🕉️
- And only 3 days of actual leave
What made it interesting wasn’t just the travel.
Work didn’t slow down.
There were timelines to meet, targets to achieve, customer calls to attend, and a few escalations that needed attention. Everything was managed seamlessly while working from the mountains.
While many friends in Mumbai were dealing with heat and humidity, I was starting my mornings in near-zero temperatures. Quite a contrast. ❄️
This wasn’t a rushed vacation. It was a family road trip 👨👩👧👦 from Mumbai to Himachal and back, covering places such as Bir, Naggar, Jispa, Darcha and a few lesser-known villages along the way.
Along the journey, I attended a mindful travel writing workshop at a Buddhist monastery in Bir. Between customer calls, project milestones and mountain roads, it was an opportunity to slow down and reflect on how we experience and share our travels more thoughtfully 💡
We stayed longer, explored slower, ate local food, interacted with local communities, and tried to contribute to the local economy through homestays, small businesses and local experiences.
The experience reinforced something I strongly believe: with planning, reliable connectivity and clear priorities, remote work can create opportunities to explore without compromising on professional commitments.
Travel doesn’t always require a long break. Sometimes it just requires better design of your time.
