It was not too many years ago that many workers in many occupations ended their work day at 5:00pm and did not take work home with them. Technology has greatly improved our work life, or at least that is the myth that we are fed by the big companies of Apple, Microsoft and Google. To be truthful it has affected our work life by making us always 'at work' but it has severely damaged our personal family lives.
The impact on our work lives has reduced productivity! How many times have you had a gruelling problem that you have only been able to solve when you have stopped thinking about it? I know that I have come up with some of my best work ideas in the shower when I haven't been thinking about anything or focusing on anything - a time of Input Zero. When are your times of input zero - they are critical for our mental health, productivity at work and leading a balanced life.
Maybe the Christian idea of the Sabbath actually has some legs and would actually do us well to take a whole day off work each week.
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