Re: Extremely OT : After a vacation , i feel that i forgot

3 1/2 hours of sleep Jay? Dear god man - that is not healthy! I am envious
though, with that much time, it is less about what you can accomplish, but
what you cannot accomplish!

On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 10:40 AM, Jay McMickle <jay.mcmickle_at_yahoo.com>wrote:

> @Marc- LOL. Feb 2013 will be your last attempt needed for R/S, my friend!
>
> Whether or not it "feels" right, your mind is a muscle and needs a
> disconnect to rest. I took 3 weeks off during my RS, and it hurt and
> helped. Helped with family, honey-do's, oh, and we had a baby, as well as,
> the lack of the false urgency on my part that I had invoked on my family
> and this journey. It hurt because it took me a few weeks to get my mind
> ramped back up and dig back into MPLS, PPPoFR, ATOM, and those less used
> daily transports. To Brian's point, spot on, I didn't know them!
>
> In summary- take the time off. It will be a slightly painful comeback
> climb, but, you will also see things you didn't see before because your
> brain won't be numb to it. You'll enjoy labbing again, and remember why you
> were doing it as well.
>
> What people don't warn you about- after passing. Geez. I felt like I lost
> a family member as I did not know what to do with the time! I could not
> sleep as I had trained myself to stay up until 1am each night, get up at
> 4:30am, head to the gym, then to work, home, repeat! I found myself in a
> silent house at 9pm when everyone went to sleep. So, I started on Security.
> It's a catch 22 if you have a lingering thought to keep on with the
> momentum and another IE.
>
> HTH- Cheers. Happy labbing.
>
> Regards,
> Jay McMickle- CCIE #35355 (RS)
> Sent from my iPhone 5
>
> On Nov 28, 2012, at 2:58 PM, marc edwards <renorider_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Still being a candidate, figured I would chime in with a different
> > perspective. I have 3 week vacation from work coming up but don't
> > think I am going to completely unplug from studies with test booked
> > around the corner.
> >
> > I love hearing about the long breaks. I envied hearing about Brian's
> > charter across the Atlantic in recent San Jose bootcamp. But the big
> > difference between me and the many responding are the CCIE#s on their
> > signature. They got it (apparently in some cases 5-6x!)
> >
> > I don't think I will rest well until I can finally break through to
> > the other side. I know that while on upcoming vacation, every day time
> > is reserved for 3 hour config sessions.
> >
> > @Brian Trying to get rid of my mailbox in building C. That one really
> > dug in, man!
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Marc
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 10:33 AM, JB Poplawski <jb.poplawski_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> Take the time off. If you forgot it, you never knew it in the first
> place.
> >> :)
> >>
> >> 1 month of vacation, I need to get a new gig! lol
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 12:30 PM, <Neil_at_droopy.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> You took the weekend off?
> >>>
> >>> Neil Moore
> >>> CCIEx6 #10044 (R/S,Security,Service
> >>> Provider,Voice,Storage,WiFi),CISSP,ITIL,MCSE,VCP4/5
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf
> Of
> >>> Brian Dennis
> >>> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 12:04 PM
> >>> To: Routing Freak; Cisco certification
> >>> Subject: Re: Extremely OT : After a vacation , i feel that i forgot
> >>> everything and even IPv4 address are new to me.
> >>>
> >>> The best thing I ever did technically was step away for a short time
> and
> >>> then come back. I was worried just like you are but the time off only
> >>> helped me.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Brian Dennis, CCIEx5 #2210 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/SP/Voice)
> >>> bdennis_at_ine.com
> >>>
> >>> INE, Inc.
> >>> http://www.INE.com
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 11/27/12 7:34 PM, "Routing Freak" <routingfreak_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hi all
> >>>>
> >>>> I am going for a vacation for a month and i kind of feel that when i
> >>>> come back after my well earned vacation, will i remember all the
> >>>> concepts that i have mastered and the protocol intricacies which i was
> >>>> preparing for years and all about the nitty-gritty things about the
> >>>> configs.
> >>>>
> >>>> What should i do to get rid of this feeling ? I am feeling a bit kind
> >>>> of feel that i should go ahead and go for vacation or else stay at
> home
> >>>> and look at the routers and firewalls that i have :)
> >>>>
> >>>> Is anybody there felt the same , that after the vacation even the IPV4
> >>>> address and subnet masks felt greek and latin .
> >>>>
> >>>> I am going to travel for a long time from LA to Spain this time. so
> >>>> should i load some Markos Audio voice , or Scott Morris audio during
> >>>> the travel or just chill out.
> >>>> I am totally restless and dont know what to do with this and just like
> >>>> dogs going out there and coming back
> >>>>
> >>>> Any comments on this.
> >>>>
> >>>>
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