Decisions, decisions...

I am in Sweden to deliver a workshop. As I was in Norway earlier in the week it made no sense to travel back to London in between sessions so yesterday I had the day to myself in Stockholm.

The horns of a familiar dilemma: a day of tourism or a day of business?

Admittedly it was a happy problem to have but I am a dreadful tourist at the best of times and on my own I'm even worse; the deadly lure of the laptop and in-room Wifi trap me easily. In the past I've even been guilty (and I do mean guilty) of using the hotel gym rather than go for a walk outside. And honestly, who amongst us cannot say their working online doesn't include a fair amount of non-work surfing of sites, etc.

I managed to get enough genuine work done in the morning to tell myself that I didn't 'waste' a day. Then I got out and saw a bit of this fantastic city (including a freezing cold harbour cruise) so that I didn't 'waste' the opportunity.

I know that I still look at days like yesterday as avoiding a negative ('waste') but I am making progress. What's the point of constructing a life where you get to wake up in cities all over the world if you never see life outside the hotel?