According to a poll conducted by Opinion Research Corporation, 43% of American office workers do not leave the office behind when they go on vacation. They stuff their luggage with seemingly benign electronic devices. And with so much technology at their fingertips, vacationers are easily lured back to work by their laptop computers (41%), cell phones (30%), PCs (10%) and Blackberries (7%).
Edward Hallowell, psychiatrist and author of Crazy Busy: Overstretched, Overbooked, and About to Snap!, observes, "These tools can be very freeing. They can allow you to go away, but they can also be enslaving. It's all a matter of how you use them," (Computerworld, July 25, 2006).
As an independent executive coach, I understand the seductive allure of technology. A home office can be wonderfully convenient, but difficult to escape. For those of you, like me, who may find yourself spending too much time on your computer, I offer at simple way to have fun online.
One of my colleagues sent me a link to a charming little movie called "The Eight Principles of Fun": http://www.eightprinciples.com
Sit back and devote five minutes to having fun!
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