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With technology becoming a major player in today's society, it seems that such a phone is needed, for a SM at least.
5. Learn to switch off
Being able to forget about work after hours is good for you. So-called “psychological detachment” from the office has been associated with less fatigue, more positive mood and fewer days off work. If that’s true, though, why do so many people keep a BlackBerry or a cellphone in their pocket?
“It’s a modern addiction,” says Edward Hallowell, a physician in Sudbury, Massachusetts. So addictive, in fact, that the BlackBerry has even acquired the nickname “crackberry”. “If you take the substance away, you have an effect.” He recounts a tale of one patient who had classic withdrawal symptoms when she changed jobs and had to give back her corporate BlackBerry. “She kept reaching for it and it wasn’t there,” he says.
Then there was the patient who asked if it was “normal” for her husband to put the BlackBerry on the pillow next to them when they made love.
Much of the problem starts at the top, Hallowell admits, with bosses who use “global competitiveness” as an excuse to keep their employees on the job 24/7. “They’re overlooking the human brain,” he says.
Burnout is no better for the company than it is for the individual. “Just as we learned how to drink responsibly, so we need to learn to use technology.” Compulsive email checkers would do well to keep an egg-timer beside their home computer to call time, he says.
If that doesn’t help, and work worries are keeping you awake at night, make a point of writing them all down before you go to sleep, says sleep specialist Colin Espie of the University of Glasgow. It helps you lay them aside for a few hours. Oh, and turn your BlackBerry off once in a while – just to prove to yourself you can do it.
(I would say "unprofessional," but I hate throwing that word around... people always use it when what they mean is 'not doing things how I want them done.')
