Comments on: A Quick Poll for Libraryland http://librarygarden.net/2008/07/12/a-quick-poll-for-libraryland/ An ongoing conversation among librarians with differing perspectives (public, academic, school, consortial, youth) but one shared goal: ensuring the health and relevance of libraries. [insert your own gardening metaphor here] Fri, 17 May 2013 18:44:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Cynthia http://librarygarden.net/2008/07/12/a-quick-poll-for-libraryland/#comment-2515 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:58:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.wordpress.com/2008/07/12/a-quick-poll-for-libraryland/#comment-2515 Several articles lately have talked about ‘getting out from under e-mail’ and how it is just too much for many folks now. For me, e-mail is not that big a problem–I am pretty good at the ‘touch everything once’ concept when it comes to e-mail. Plus since leaving corporate land, I get only about half the e-mails I used to get related to work (and none from the work friends as I used to–years in vs. months I suppose).

Anyway, I do not check my work mail when not at work any longer. I did–I think it is a good, efficient way to relieve stress (yes, relieve it–reality is never as bad as what you think is out there). However, my work no longer requires immediate attention–I just don’t have enough power or influence for it to matter. Plus, I have unplugged on weekends now–this is because I waste far too much time on-line. It is time to invest in my real life more than my virtual one.

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