How to balance work and life and shut off email

How to balance work and life and shut off email
How to balance work and life and shut off email

How to balance work and life and shut off email

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So it’s summer vacation season but how many of you really went on vacation…from your work? Specifically your work email account? In a time when professionals are constantly plugged into technology, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to leave work behind at the office. Emails follow us home to laptops, iPads and cell phones. So, what are the effects, and how do we disconnect? Time management expert Julie Morgenstern, author of the book “Never Check Email in the Morning: And Other Unexpected Strategies for Making Your Work Life Work” joins us by phone from New York to help us find this balance.