Comments on: Do You Work Weekends or Unplug?

By: Balancing Many Roles of Being a Woman: Wife, Mother, Daughter — ModernMami™.com

Balancing Many Roles of Being a Woman: Wife, Mother, Daughter — ModernMami™.com — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:29:54 +0000

[...] had a nice, quiet, lazy weekend. One where I pretty much unplugged the entire two days. I had a lot of hang out time at home with my family and we rested – no going anywhere or [...]

By: modernmami

modernmami — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 02:06:29 +0000

I suppose that's a good way to look at it. It might not be the traditional weekend, but taking a day or two to be unplugged during the week, is a good idea. Thanks for the info on the study and company in MA. I think many companies are reevaluating how they handle leave time.

By: modernmami

modernmami — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 01:06:29 +0000

By: modernmami

modernmami — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 01:06:00 +0000

I suppose that’s a good way to look at it. It might not be the traditional weekend, but taking a day or two to be unplugged during the week, is a good idea. Thanks for the info on the study and company in MA. I think many companies are reevaluating how they handle leave time.

By: myarbrough

myarbrough — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:09:49 +0000

There was a study recently that said owning a Blackberry (and I'm sure this is true for most smartphones) adds an average of 10 days of work per year, simply because it's that much easier to stay plugged in out of the office. A company here in Cambridge, MA, has changed their vacation policy because its employees are always working, whether in the office or out. The company is Hubspot and they've made it so that people just take off when they want; they've created a culture of trust with their employees and recognized the gray areas that new technology has created in and out of the workplace.

More and more we're starting to see this problem affecting more than just freelancers and non-traditional workers. I definitely support taking time to be unplugged, but it seems what day of the week it happens is becoming less stringent.

Great post! Thanks!

By: modernmami

modernmami — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:45:21 +0000

Good to know that it works for you. I still have mixed feelings, but I also haven't gone completely work-free any weekend. Gonna have to try it…

By: modernmami

modernmami — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:44:11 +0000

I'm so glad it's working out for you. I think I'm going to have to try to completely unplug one of these weekends and see how it goes for me.

By: modernmami

modernmami — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:37:21 +0000

I think you just found the secret to our constant working…it keeps us from our other responsibilities! LOL

By: Susan Payton

Susan Payton — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:05:23 +0000

It's tough when your computer, your office, is down the hall from family life. I usually don't work on weekends unless I have something urgent I didn't finish during the week. But I often get this itch on Sunday night to check email. I'm addicted to what I do. I love it. So occasionally I sneak that email.

But when I completely unplug, I'm way better for it.

By: BeenThere

BeenThere — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:07:54 +0000

I work at home as an independent contractor on the computer. I just recently stopped working on the weekends. This has proved to be so much better for me and my family and my sanity! Working on the weekend might have let me get ahead on the next week's work, but it didn't really help because it was a never ending cycle — work all week, work on weekend to get ahead next week, just to work all week again, just to work on the weekend to get ahead next week — enough already. I had to pull back and am so glad I did. Now Saturdays and Sundays belong exclusively to me and my family.