Are you keeping up?

Posted by: JoanEisenstodt in WorkLife on Jun 20, 2008

I'm not.

The other day, I said to Joel (my spouse) that before email, I really DID take the weekends off.  When I first started my company in '81 with an IBM Selectric typewriter and an answering machine, I might have done some small tasks on weekends but not like now.

Email is often checked before I even shower on weekends. And there are the many sites (like this one) I also check to see what's new - who has commented - what new reviews there are. 

Then there are the projects that need one more look or 'touch' and weekends are good because there are no phone interruptions and the volume of email slows a bit.

Last weekend, I was so proud of myself for seeing friends on both Sat. and Sunday!

This weekend, I am already hard at work (and confess to not yet having showered and gotten dressed) and tomorrow I'll travel on a business trip.

How are we balancing time and tasks?  Is it better or worse for those of you w/ PDAs?  (I refuse to have one - I have to "turn off "now and then and w/o a PDA, I can.)

Phew.. off to do some client work. My plane ride on Sun. will be my 'time off' this weekend - long flights to read the Washington Post and New York Times in full.