Question for you-do you spend any time on the computer and remote access on a little bit each day to keep things going in the office so when you return you don't get so overwhelmed??jimmie
Hi Jimmie, this depends on the scenario. When I visit my fiance in Pennsylvania each month (a pediatrics resident at Geisinger, marrying in July this year), I usually go Friday through Monday. I bring my laptop and I will limit logging in remotely to only one day, usually Sunday night, and only for 1 hour. I go through faxes, labs, reports and generally clear down the volume of stuff so when I'm back Tuesday in the office I'm not overwhelmed.
However if I take the rare vacation to Bermuda, I "unplugged" and didn't answer any email, didn't even bring my laptop. No computer work allowed.
On regular weekends when I'm home, I purposefully stay out of the office after I'm done Friday at noon. I come in Monday and get hammered all day with everything flying at me. But this is by choice. In order to maintain balance in my life, I do tons of outdoor activities and sports (exercise at the gym daily, swimming, lifting, running, kayaking, mountain biking, hiking, camping, mountaineering). My rule is never log into the office on a routine weekend b/c I'm therefore never free of the work. I want to enjoy my job, not be enslaved by it. So work my balls off 5 days a week to maintain my own business, and I play hard all weekend. The work-hard/play-hard philosophy.
Log-me-in is a great program and I use it for remote work. But only in the scenario as described. I used to do it every weekend from home, but began suffering burnout. Hence the balance and the rules I instituted about limiting how much work I do from the comfort of bed.
