I’ve been trying my best not to work on weekends and to not look at emails, which is an enormous challenge for me because working 7 days a week has been my default mode (capitalism has done a great job to train into an obedient little pawn).
This weekend, I promised myself I wouldn’t work but, of course, my boss has been texting me every single day sharing photos of himself and his spouse hiking. The photos are pretty (mostly very low quality, though) but I just don’t want to be reached out to at all and especially by my boss all weekend. It defeats the purpose of having a weekend if I have stare at your face every single day. Ugh.
I have his texts muted, but they’re still show up as new messages (no alert or sounds, but still annoying) so it’s kinda hard not to open them because I hate having unopened messages.
He’s an old guy and I’ve known him for a while, so I’m not going to complain to him for doing this, but it just illustrates what a joke it is becoming every time I set the goal of disconnecting from work/my coworkers. I really feel like having a balance between work and personal life is nearly impossible here in the U.S. Does anyone else have bosses like this?
I wish I lived in the 90s when smart phones didn’t exist. I’d be so much happier and less anxious.