The arrival of February officially marks the end of the holiday season. Another working year has begun.
Keen to get a head start on 2015 I decided to spend the last week of my holidays catching up on the jobs I never find time to do.
It's the job list that includes tedious tasks like clean out closet, update phone contacts or catch up on the mountain of reading that has turned into a stockpile of rubbish.
I am specifically referring to the non-fiction stockpile that is typically made up of office subscriptions - research reports, business journals and magazine interviews.
By reading these articles during the holidays, I can tackle them at a leisurely pace and without distractions. Well, that's the theory.
I found one report that looked promising: The Top 10 Workplace Trends for 2015.
Some points were predictable like the rise of the freelancer or talent-on-demand, and increased work/life integration (forget balancing the two spheres of work and home, the two are merging).
Part of this shift is increased teleworking and less time chained to the desk filling a nine to five quota.
On the downside, teleworking means a much longer working day because our desk is neatly fitted into a handheld device or laptop.
But on the upside we are far more mobile. If we are to believe the advertisements we see rolled out by computer companies, we can work from a mountaintop or relax on the beach while returning e-mails.
Maybe I am lacking in self-discipline but honestly, when I am at the beach I am not thinking about e-mails.
For me, working from the beach is a bit like wearing a bikini to the office. But then maybe it's all part of the new work/life integration trend.
Don't get me wrong I love the concept. My imagination went into overdrive just contemplating my new working life.
I could actually smell the salty sea breeze and feel the sunshine on my golden tan. I just struggled with the "work" part of the equation.
Let's just say my teleworking dream - Deadlines by the Sea - is a work in progress.
To help readers identify priorities for the year ahead, CCN has prepared a special two-page report on the industry agenda for 2015.
The article appears in the upcoming February edtion of Climate Control News magazine.
Whether you are in the office or on a mountaintop, welcome to another working year.