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If you\u2019re looking for a great way to ruin your weekend, ruin a relationship, kill the mood, or simply make sure you don\u2019t get a good night\u2019s sleep, constantly check your work e-mail or text messages.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re looking for a great way to ruin your weekend, ruin a relationship, kill the mood, or simply make sure you don\u2019t get a good night\u2019s sleep, constantly check your work e-mail or text messages.<\/p>\n
In this era where we\u2019re always connected, always in the loop, always on call like a physician, and always working, it\u2019s becoming increasingly difficult to separate one\u2019s personal time from one\u2019s work time.<\/p>\n
I realize some of you are workaholics and running a successful business, and one of the reasons you are successful is because you and your employees are always connected and always in the loop. That\u2019s all well and good, but whatever happened to the notion of downtime?\u00a0 You know what I\u2019m talking about. It\u2019s that downtime, weekends or after hours when you\u2019re not spending time with family, friends, significant others or maybe even yourself. That time is critical too and can have a positive effect when you get back to the daily grind.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, something happened on the way to today\u2014the Internet, e-mail, Blackberries (Somebody out there is still using this technology I guarantee), smart phones, and the iPad to name just a few. Now, we\u2019re always connected, always in the loop.<\/p>\n
Personally, I like to think there\u2019s still some freedom of choice and the ultimate decision as to how often we\u2019re connected and in the loop is up to each one of us.<\/p>\n
My significant other belongs to the group that is compelled by some unseen force to always be connected, always in the loop. She\u2019s the one on her smart phone checking her Facebook page or her work e-mails while eating dinner, while we\u2019re driving in the car (I\u2019m doing the driving in case you were wondering.), watching a movie on TV, at a concert, at a sporting event, while entertaining friends\u2014pretty much always. She can\u2019t help herself.<\/p>\n
Even my 17-year old daughter finds it a little much. If anyone in my house was going to spend that much time checking e-mails, scrolling through Facebook, or texting, you\u2019d think it\u2019d be the 17 year old. Nope.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s easy to get caught in that trap. I once was. However, I\u2019ve become more disciplined about being always connected, always in the loop. These days I rarely check work e-mails on the weekends or after 6 p.m. in the evening. So far the effects have been more positive than detrimental to my health.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m less stressed about work issues on weekends and in the evening, I sleep better at night, and I\u2019m more focused after hours on non-work related activities, which is a good way to recharge my batteries so when the next day or Monday morning comes along, I\u2019m ready to rock.<\/p>\n
I understand not everyone can do that, and maybe I\u2019m living in the past, but I prefer to be always connected and always in the loop on my own terms and on my own time.<\/p>\n
Thanks for reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
If you\u2019re looking for a great way to ruin your weekend, ruin a relationship, kill the mood, or simply make sure you don\u2019t get a good night\u2019s sleep, constantly check your work e-mail or text messages. In this era where we\u2019re always connected, always in the loop, always on call like a physician, and always working, it\u2019s becoming increasingly difficult to separate one\u2019s personal time from one\u2019s work time. I realize some of you are workaholics and running a successful business, and one of the reasons you are successful is because you and your employees are always connected and always in the loop. That\u2019s all well and good, but whatever happened to the notion of downtime?\u00a0 You know what I\u2019m talking about. It\u2019s that downtime, weekends or after hours when you\u2019re not spending time with family, friends, significant others or maybe even yourself. That time is critical too and can have a positive effect when you get back to the daily grind. Unfortunately, something happened on the way to today\u2014the Internet, e-mail, Blackberries (Somebody out there is still using this technology I guarantee), smart phones, and the iPad to name just a few. Now, we\u2019re always connected, always in the loop. Personally, I like to think there\u2019s still some freedom of choice and the ultimate decision as to how often we\u2019re connected and in the loop is up to each one of us. My significant other belongs to the group that is compelled by some unseen force to always be connected, always in the loop. She\u2019s the one on her smart phone checking her Facebook page or her work e-mails while eating dinner, while we\u2019re driving in the car (I\u2019m doing the driving in case you were wondering.), watching a movie on TV, at a concert, at a sporting event, while entertaining friends\u2014pretty much always. She can\u2019t help herself. Even my 17-year old daughter finds it a little much. If anyone in my house was going to spend that much time checking e-mails, scrolling through Facebook, or texting, you\u2019d think it\u2019d be the 17 year old. Nope. It\u2019s easy to get caught in that trap. I once was. However, I\u2019ve become more disciplined about being always connected, always in the loop. These days I rarely check work e-mails on the weekends or after 6 p.m. in the evening. So far the effects have been more positive than detrimental to my health. I\u2019m less stressed about work issues on weekends and in the evening, I sleep better at night, and I\u2019m more focused after hours on non-work related activities, which is a good way to recharge my batteries so when the next day or Monday morning comes along, I\u2019m ready to rock. I understand not everyone can do that, and maybe I\u2019m living in the past, but I prefer to be always connected and always in the loop on my own terms and on my own time. Thanks for reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[80,1638],"tags":[116,328],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11231"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11231"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11233,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11231\/revisions\/11233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}