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Started by Sol Young · 8 months ago

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  • TimWalker

    8 months ago

    Sol -- My condolences on your aunt's passing. But (if my experience is any guide) please don't let this sour you on the idea of healthy disconnection. There are interim steps between "always connected" and "disconnected." After feeling overwhelmed by cell calls, I started diligently checking out who the calls were coming from -- before answering, before checking voicemail. It allows me to keep up with anything *genuinely* urgent from family & close friends, while (rightfully) putting off work-related stuff until Monday.

    Wish I had more profound advice to offer, but that's just my nuts-and-bolts experience.
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  • Sol Young

    7 months ago

    Thanks Tim - sincerely appreciated. There is a middle ground here. I think I was getting to the point of needing to push calls to voicemail and instead of screening, jumped all the way to auto-vm. Perhaps it was knee-jerk.

    My work is 7 days per week because of consultants located around the country and varying work schedules I manage. Establishing a period of downtime seems like a good approach. Enforcing it upon myself is the hardest part.
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