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I do my best to keep weekends family time - and I think I would be better off keeping them disconnected too.

Maybe a day a week away from the world is a good idea, and with a family about all I can hope for :-)



I don't think complete disconnection is important. What is important is what you are doing while you are connected during your personal time.

I used to have a hard time getting away from work. Now I don't check emails and I avoid programming on the weekend. If the servers melt someone will phone me. I used to find checking emails was stressful. Someone would report a small issue and the little thing would nag at me to fix it. I found it hard to relax.

One weekend I assumed the world wasn't going to end, I assumed my help wouldn't be required. I kept my phone with me. Been enjoying completely work free weekends ever since.


It's like a Prophet come down from the mountain and said, you know you can just leave work at 5 pm Friday and not go back till 9am Mon




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