One of the most stressful things about business travel is an intense schedule. Business travel is hectic to begin with, and it can be incredibly overwhelming for adults with ADD.
You fly in, get to where you need to be, and are expected to be alert, focused, and ready to work. Then you spend a few days getting up early, possibly adhering to someone else's schedule, and often spend your evenings socializing or networking. Before you know it, you're leaving. Even when it's enjoyable, travel is still stressful.
So here's my first travel tip for adults with ADD: Arrive at your destination a day early and leave a day late.
If you can't arrive early and leave late, then try to do either/or. Padding your schedule with some down time allows you to adjust to the change of structure without getting too stressed.
By the way, I'd still like to know, what is your biggest ADD challenge when traveling for business?
That's funny I do the exact same thing. I'm actually heading down to San Diego next week to speak on a panel.
I fly in Tuesday early, and fly out late Thursday, even though my session is only half a day, Technically I could probably make a one day trip of it.
Instead I scheduled a couple of networking meetings Tuesday, just informal, put a face with the voice type meetings and then Thursday I'll do the same or just get some work done from a coffee shop before my flight.
I prefer to "get my bearings" before my hectic schedule kicks in.
Posted by: tac anderson | February 21, 2008 at 11:03 PM