Once a year at Copify, IMAP is disabled, smart phone is confiscated and your laptop is locked in the office safe (I’m not sure where the safe is, but I’ve been told there is one).
We not only unplug, but we cut the wire completely. You have taken the red pill and are out of the matrix.
You’re then sent away and left to your own devices for two weeks. Cold turkey.
When you work in a small team and the “brain frazzle” happens at regular intervals, unplugging once in a while to maintain long term productivity is wise. For your health, it’s vital. Think of it as a cleansing detox – for your mind.
The first two days are hard. You may never know the latest news on the royal baby. How can you fully appreciate your lunch without anyone else admiring it? Your normally over-active brain is now forced to think about things that don’t fit in to 140 characters. Can I really do this? Will my fingers stop fidgeting?
Frankie says relax
After a week of craving, your brain is close to full reset. As a test, try and do some simple arithmetic in your head, or count the number of people you’ve actually spoken to in person that day. Feels good, huh?
Unplugging can seem scary, impossible even. But give it a go, and take comfort in the fact soon you’ll be back in the office, three monitors blazing, obsessively bashing the “Get Mail” button and dominating Candy Crush in your lunch break.