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Working after hours? Power down (but not completely off) to restore work-life balance
By Dory Devlin, Shine staff, on Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:35pm PDTErin Doland of Unclutterer fame tried something pretty bold over the recent holiday weekend. An avowed blogging and Internet devotee, she often spends several hours over the weekend at the computer doing "non-critical work things." Sound familiar?
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It does to me. If my computer is open and on, I can't seem to walk by without sitting down to check email, check in on Shine, read some news. Before you know it, it's an hour later, and I haven't gotten anything that truly needed to be done, done.
So I like what Erin decided to do: unplug her computer and vow to only do as much work over the weekend as her PC battery power would allow. Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (6) | Blog
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