After months of planning, moving things around, and completing checklists to free up a long summer weekend to take the family to the lake, you close your laptop on Friday with an inbox full of unanswered emails. Instead of thinking only of jet skis and sunshine, your mind is affixed to one of your Big 3 tasks you didn’t complete—the one you’ll be chipping away at while the kids are napping or taking an evening swim.
We’ve all been there. In a world of interconnectivity, where wifi access is everywhere and our phones serve as backup laptops, we bring our work with us everywhere we go, often to the detriment of our families.
The way we approach our work lives has a direct impact on those around us. And if we’re not completing everything we need to during the week, we often drag that work with us into the spaces between—time we should be spending with loved ones or simply disconnecting from the work world.
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