Your vacation plans have been set for months and you should be as excited as a little kid at Christmas. Trouble is you are still checking your emails as the plane is taxiing and there is that nagging feeling at the back of your mind that your assistant will forget to call that client if you aren’t there to remind him.

Sound familiar? Most of us have a really hard time letting go of the office and actually enjoying the vacation we waited all year long for. Here are some really good reasons why you should make that extra effort to disengage though, since it will not only benefit you but your company as well:

Time to Recharge your Mind – Stepping away from the everyday pressures of your job you will actually find that when you return you will have a better perspective of many of the everyday issues at the office, just like you did on your very first day when everything was still shiny, exciting and new.

Let Others Step Up – if you are a supervisor chances are you got to be one because someone else once gave you the chance to step up and show the world (or the company at least) what you were really made of. Keep this in mind when you are tempted to check in with the office every fifteen minutes from the beach. Step back, sip another pina colada and let your team cope alone, they can.

Your Family will be Happier – Most of us occasionally neglect or spouse or children when back at home in favor of the office. It’s not the ideal scenario but it is hard to avoid sometimes. Don’t do it to them when you are all supposed to be on vacation though. Your vacation is a chance to atone for all those occasions when dinner was a lukewarm burger special from the drive thru and you missed the first three innings of your kid’s ballgame so take it.