Sherri Gulczynski Burns, pictured below, editor of American Way (the American Airlines in-seat magazine) wrote in the October 1st issue (2006), about the need to become decoupled from a personal device. It is OK to turn off a phone or e-mail device. The ability to be always connected isn't the same as the need to be always connected. It is about choice. The choice to work when you want, when you need to, and nobody needs to work all the time. If we do, we loose our perspective. We become tactical rather than strategic. We become repetitive rather than creative. Take time out to learn, to enjoy. E-mail will always be there. That is the deal now. Use it when you need to. If you don't use it, you won't loose it. In fact, you may just gain something. Enjoy the break.

Reposted on August 8, 2009 to repair photo link