Yes, a weekend off --- that is what I gave myself for the first time in months (years?) last weekend and it was very surreal.
For one thing, a weekend off meant no touching the laptop between Friday night and Monday morning. No email. No Googling. No catching up on friends' blogs or writing a post for mine. No immediately checking out a cool website when Wahj told me about it over lunch. No using the cell phone to surf the web, either.
It was very weird.
Did I get a little antsy about how much email might be stacking up over the 60 hours that I didn't check my inbox? Yes, but it didn't take me that horribly long to clear it all on Monday morning, plus I was in a much better frame of mind to do it.
It's not clear yet if I'll be able to take this entire weekend off in the same way, but I heartily recommend it for everyone. The Internet? Who needs it!
All I need is my cell phone.
Labels: Life in the internet age
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hey hey,
my theory is that for sporeans, a sabbatical is a MUST after 7 years of work. it's too easy to lose oneself on the way coz we are overworking from day 1. take care hor.
wes
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