You read it right. I was sleeping single in a double bed.
No warmth beside me.
No movement on the pillow next to me.
No kind words.
No criticism.
No requests.
Yes, that's right, folks. I slept without my BlackBerry.
I am THAT girl. Strike that. I WAS that girl. The one who thought her world would crash down if she didn't respond to a work message within 20 seconds.
Now:
No heat of the BlackBerry battery within hands’ reach.
No vibration from an e-mail landing in my inbox
No backlight waking me up when a new message comes through.
No BBM requests beeping in at all hours… and I’m still alive.
No tragedy occurred at work and in return, I enjoyed a restful night’s sleep. While my job sometimes requires being on-call 24 hrs/day, especially given its international nature, its not a 365 day a year need and I should embrace that fact. As a former boss often said, "it's PR, not ER."
Here’s to the start of work/life balance!
