Many of us began our law practices at a time when there was a worldwide shortage of yoga pants, not to mention laptops, mobile phones, and clouds that store data, rather than water. Working remotely was what we did on nights and weekends when we lugged home a banker’s box filled with work—articles to write, documents to revise, reports to review, journals to read, and papers to sort. In my office, this box was lovingly called a “Gilman box,” named so after a partner who devotedly carried her box to and from home, night after night, with nary a visible change in the contents.
I am guilty of toting my own Gilman box around, but today’s version is much lighter and more portable: My laptop, iPad, or iPhone go virtually everywhere I go. The ability to work remotely creates tremendous freedom, but it also carries the unintended consequence of never getting away from work … unless strong boundaries are set.
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