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&lt;p&gt;In a recent post I wrote about long hours, I cited research which suggests that lack of sleep is one of the major contributing factors to poor on-the-job performance. It&#39;s a pretty clear link: showing up to work without enough sleep is like &lt;a href=&quot;/blog/workplace-issues/are-long-hours-good-for-your-career/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;showing up drunk&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;While last week&#39;s post focused mostly on long hours, it didn&#39;t really address one of the major reasons why the workday never seems to end: many of us bring it home with us, and continue reading and sending out emails long past the hours where our forebears would have been soundly asleep.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The full cost of that to our sleep cycle is something that is still being studied and hotly debated by sleep specialists, but one thing seems certain: the link between &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/features/power-down-better-sleep&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;increasing use of technology and poor sleeping habits&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It’s a very modern paradox: you try to improve your work performance by taking care of a few things on your phone before bed, only to find that the phone is disrupting your sleep, and your work performance.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Which brings me to the following infographic, courtesy of the folks over at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.statista.com/chart/4442/how-often-do-americans-try-to-unplug/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Statista&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.statista.com/chart/4442/how-often-do-americans-try-to-unplug/&quot; title=&quot;infographic: how often do americans try to unplug? | statista&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://d28wbuch0jlv7v.cloudfront.net/images/infografik/normal/chartoftheday_4442_how_often_do_americans_try_to_unplug_n.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Infographic: How Often Do Americans Try To Unplug? | Statista&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%; height: auto !important; max-width: 960px; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;According to those stats, around 45% of Americans try to unplug from all technology at least once a week. And, according to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theharrispoll.com/health-and-life/Unplugging-Americans-Disconnect-Tech.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Harris poll&lt;/a&gt; they&#39;re taken from, one of the key things that unplugged people try to do is to—you guessed it—catch up on sleep.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So is it time to put a daily limit on your tech usage? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below, or on &lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/vaultconsult&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Read More:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/blog/workplace-issues/are-long-hours-good-for-your-career/&quot;&gt;Are Long Hours Good for Your Career?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/blog/workplace-issues/why-sleeping-is-good-for-your-career/&quot;&gt;Why Sleeping is Good for Your Career&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/blog/workplace-issues/women-in-tech-how-to-avoid-burnout/&quot;&gt;Women in Tech: How to Avoid Burnout&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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