Comments on: Kerrying On: Feeling Frazzled?

By: The Two-edged Sword of Innovation – Mary Ann Johnson

The Two-edged Sword of Innovation – Mary Ann Johnson — Sun, 29 Oct 2023 08:02:51 +0000

[…] a great writer and from my era, so I relate to everything he writes. Back in September 2012, Kerry wrote an article about unplugging from the workplace, the difficulty and the benefits. I saw amazing parallels for a […]

By: Karen Harbold

Karen Harbold — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 23:45:56 +0000

Excellent stuff, thanks! I just happened to see a related article here: http://socialmediatoday.com/jonburg/358069/stop-fooling-yourself-unplug.

By: Ron Barnes

Ron Barnes — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:12:32 +0000

Thanks, Kerry. Balanced, rational advice for helping us make sure we make a life while we’re making a living.

By: Peter Vajda

Peter Vajda — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:05:39 +0000

Great article; many folks go someplace else to work and call it a vacation. my perspective here: http://tinyurl.com/3ry2nbr

By: Galynn Ferris

Galynn Ferris — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:02:26 +0000

The secret to my success (?) is I have a life and the job is not it. Our pastor did a sermon series on Life in HD. He preached the first sermon I have heard on fasting. One example was a friend who fasted from cell phones every Monday and left a message to that effect on his voicemail.

By: Shari Morrison

Shari Morrison — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:43:19 +0000

Great article. It reminded me of a former boss who was always very supportive about work-life balance, but tended to do a lot of e-mailing on Saturday and especially on Sunday. I explained that although I knew she didn’t expect me to start working and responding on Sunday, it still felt like my workweek was starting on Sunday. From then on, she wouldn’t send e-mail over the weekend. Sometimes as bosses we don’t realize that our actions speak much louder than words in terms of how we set expectations with our employees.

By: Tracey

Tracey — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:56:45 +0000

This is a very timely article for me, having just changed roles because of a first ever panic attack due to work, and realising the need to stop seeing my job as my whole life (when you’re telling yourself that no one’s going to die if you don’t get the paper done just to relieve your stress- change something!) In my new role however, things are better but there are still so many around me that see work as their whole life – one woman just got back from a European holiday and announced proudly that she spent the whole time thinking of work and was so happy to be back that she was not going to be planning another vacation for a very long time! What crazy world do we now live in? I want to send this article around to everyone in my office, but there would be many who just won’t/can’t embrace this message. I feel as a society we’re on a dangerous wheel to no where, and I for one, want to get off. No one goes to their death bed wishing they’d spent more time at the office!

By: laurenmckell

laurenmckell — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:07:48 +0000

While reading the article, I was quickly reminded of this movement, which I completely agree with: http://www.slowmovement.com/

By: editor

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By: Bob W

Bob W — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:50:04 +0000

I went on a bus tour of the Nevada Proving Grounds a few years ago and sat next to a man who said he was one of the men who ran into the blast area from the nuclear devices. He told us that he now suffers from numerous cancers and other health problems. He had some real good stories of getting seared by the heat and blown around by dust and air pressure. He said he was also told to run into the craters left from the explosions. This stuff really happened…