Comments on: To Connect to Work on Vacation, Or Not to Connect? That is the Question… http://worklifefit.com/blog/2006/07/to-connect-to-work-on-vacation-or-not-to-connect-that-is-the-question/ Fit, Not Balance. Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:09:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: Cali Williams Yost - Work+Life “Fit” Not Balance » Blog Archive » Fast Company Blog: The Vacation Quandary Continues–Is a law the answer? I’m not so sure… http://worklifefit.com/blog/2006/07/to-connect-to-work-on-vacation-or-not-to-connect-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1/#comment-32658 Cali Williams Yost - Work+Life “Fit” Not Balance » Blog Archive » Fast Company Blog: The Vacation Quandary Continues–Is a law the answer? I’m not so sure… Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:29:05 +0000 http://worklifefit.com/worklifefit/blog/2006/07/31/to-connect-to-work-on-vacation-or-not-to-connect-that-is-the-question/#comment-32658 [...] of occasions over the years. My postings usually coincide with my own vacation struggles (click here and here for links). And, as I read the findings of the new poll, I was reminded that the challenges [...] [...] of occasions over the years. My postings usually coincide with my own vacation struggles (click here and here for links). And, as I read the findings of the new poll, I was reminded that the challenges [...]

]]> By: Pam http://worklifefit.com/blog/2006/07/to-connect-to-work-on-vacation-or-not-to-connect-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Pam Mon, 07 Aug 2006 07:16:35 +0000 http://worklifefit.com/worklifefit/blog/2006/07/31/to-connect-to-work-on-vacation-or-not-to-connect-that-is-the-question/#comment-20 At night I have to cover up my blackberry so I don’t see the red light email blinking. I do look on vacay because I can’t stand coming back and feeling overwhelmed. I try to quickly make sure there are no emergencies and delete. I’d rather do just a tad on vacay or weekend then have the awful overwhelm feeling on Monday/when I’m back. At night I have to cover up my blackberry so I don’t see the red light email blinking.

I do look on vacay because I can’t stand coming back and feeling overwhelmed. I try to quickly make sure there are no emergencies and delete. I’d rather do just a tad on vacay or weekend then have the awful overwhelm feeling on Monday/when I’m back.

]]> By: Lilian http://worklifefit.com/blog/2006/07/to-connect-to-work-on-vacation-or-not-to-connect-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Lilian Mon, 07 Aug 2006 07:15:32 +0000 http://worklifefit.com/worklifefit/blog/2006/07/31/to-connect-to-work-on-vacation-or-not-to-connect-that-is-the-question/#comment-19 You know, I think there is some deeper issue here, and I don’t mean just for Cali but for all of us that feelccontinually \\\"pulled\\\" to our computers/Blackberries/Smartphones/etc. WHY do we feel compelled to check in on work? Loving our work can certainly be part of it-- but what else is contributing here? Let’s take the gloves off and really look at this: Do we feel guilty for taking time off work? Are we afraid that we might miss some big opportunity? Do we get bored with our families sometimes and want \\\"adult-level\\\" intellectual stimulation? What else? I’m trying to dig deep and think what the root is. My guess is that it goes back to the role work plays in our lives... with the more one defines themself by their work, (and probably the more successful one is at it,) the more the pull is to participate in it even during planned, even much-anticipated \\\"downtime\\\". What do you all think? You know, I think there is some deeper issue here, and I don’t mean just for Cali but for all of us that feelccontinually \\\”pulled\\\” to our computers/Blackberries/Smartphones/etc. WHY do we feel compelled to check in on work? Loving our work can certainly be part of it– but what else is contributing here? Let’s take the gloves off and really look at this: Do we feel guilty for taking time off work? Are we afraid that we might miss some big opportunity? Do we get bored with our families sometimes and want \\\”adult-level\\\” intellectual stimulation? What else? I’m trying to dig deep and think what the root is. My guess is that it goes back to the role work plays in our lives… with the more one defines themself by their work, (and probably the more successful one is at it,) the more the pull is to participate in it even during planned, even much-anticipated \\\”downtime\\\”. What do you all think?

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