I'm reading "Letters From a Self-made Merchant to his Son"[0] and this particular passage stuck out at me (keep in mind the author/merchant was very rich for hi

I'm reading "Letters From a Self-made Merchant to his Son"[0] and this particular passage stuck out at me (keep in mind the author/merchant was very rich for his time and ran the business): > I hear a good deal about men who won’t take vacations, and who kill themselves by overwork, but it’s usually worry or whiskey. It’s not what a man does during working-hours, but after them, that breaks down his health. A fellow and his business should be bosom friends in the office and sworn enemies out of it. A clear mind is one that is swept clean of business at six o’clock every night and isn’t opened up for it again until after the shutters are taken down next morning. I think this really is something that's lost in our time. I know that 90% of the people reading this comment take their laptops home with them after work. [0] http://www.gutenberg.org/files/21959/21959-h/21959-h.htm http://www.gutenberg.org/files/21959/21959-h/21959-h.htm