It’s vacation season, which means that millions of people will be hitting the road for some well-earned time off. But for far too many, even though they’ll be away from the office, they’ll still be taking their work along on vacation with them. And that’s made all the easier, of course, by the fact that we can now carry our entire work lives with us right in our pockets. Our phones and devices can summon us — and our attention — whenever and wherever. But that defeats the whole purpose of vacation. If you’re simply moving your job from an office tower to somewhere sandier, that’s no vacation at all.
Summary.
It’s vacation season, which means that millions of people will be hitting the road for some well-earned time off. But for far too many, even though they’ll be away from the office, they’ll still be taking their work along on vacation with them. Our phones and devices can summon us — and our attention — whenever and wherever. But that defeats the whole purpose of vacation. If you’re simply moving your job from an office tower to somewhere sandier, that’s no vacation at all. We need to recalibrate our relationship with technology to help people set boundaries.
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