Scheduling Time Away
Going on vacation or need a break? Schedule time away and new messages pause automatically — then everything turns back on when you return.
Scheduling a Period
- Open Time Away in the sidebar of your advocate dashboard.
- Click Schedule Time Away.
- Choose what happens while you’re away:
- Away — your profile stays visible in the community, but new messages are paused.
- Paused — you’re also hidden from the advocate listing and map entirely.
- Pick your Away from date, and the Back on date — the day you’ll start accepting new messages again.
- Optionally, write an away message shown on your profile while you’re gone, e.g. “I’m away until Aug 2 — check back then!”
- Click Schedule.
You can schedule multiple future periods ahead of time — for example, a summer trip and a fall one.
Leave Back on blank to pause indefinitely. Your profile stays paused until you end it yourself — useful if you’re stepping back for a while.
What Prospects See
While you’re away, the message form on your profile is replaced with your away message (or a simple note that you’re not accepting new messages right now, if you didn’t write one).
People you’re already talking with can still reach you. Time away only pauses messages from new prospects — existing conversations keep working, and introductions made by your community admin aren’t blocked.
Ending or Changing a Period
On the Time Away page:
- Edit — change the dates, mode, or away message of any current or upcoming period.
- End Now — end a period that’s currently underway and start accepting messages again immediately.
- Remove — delete a scheduled period that hasn’t started yet.
When your Back on date arrives, your profile returns automatically — no action needed.