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Modern technology makes it so much easier to flirt with burnout without even realizing it. The laptop is always open on the kitchen table. The cell is never out
by buzzblog 16y ago
Modern technology makes it so much easier to flirt with burnout without even realizing it. The laptop is always open on the kitchen table. The cell is never out of reach. There's no conscious thought to the work day or work week having a beginning and an end. It's amazing how easily all of this just becomes "normal."
- DanielBMarkham 16y agoYou make an excellent point. We are many times heavily mentally engaged -- even when relaxing. I think sometimes people think that because something is "work", it can burn you out. But anything that you can't do forever can burn you out, right?
- robryan 16y agoIt's a great point, I'm sure many of us here are in a situation running their own things or looking after things where they essentially would have to drop everything 24/7 should a problem arise or start losing money/ pissing off customers. Sure it's not always working but it is something that is always present and has to be jumped into at short notice even if inconvenient.
- roqetman 16y agoI fully agree with this one. By simply switching my blackberry to not buzz me when emails came in felt like a vacation. I realized at that point that I was close to burn-out.