Blogging Bad for your Health?
A recent New York Times article discusses whether or not blogging is bad for your health. (via BC)
Moreover, it really confesses, is a “21st century job” dangerous to your health? A colleague at work says she had to tell her husband that the Blackberry was “banned at the dinner table.” I often see e-mails in my box from my boss that were sent after 11 p.m. And I myself have been known to blog at 1 AM on a work night, when I cannot sleep.
Technology makes it easy to work at all hours, from different places (home, on the run, or at the office) but our work lives haven’t changed so much since, at least in terms of hours and time “on campus.”
What worries me is this change: used to be, you couldn’t work unless you were at work. Teachers often have been taking work home, for years. But now if businesses expect work to happen 24/7 because it can, are we on the verge of massive burn out because of competition?
Perhaps a new 21st century skill for our students will be stress and lifestyle management strategies.