Should You Take a Vacation From Checking Your Email?

How long can you go without checking your email on your smartphone? For many smartphone owners, the ability to access email anywhere, anytime can disrupt their time spent away from the office -- and possibly get in the way of fully enjoying family gatherings this holiday season. Staying connected to email isn't necessarily a negative thing -- it just depends on what we're looking at and how often we check our devices.

Noelle Chesley, Ph.D., associate professor and director of undergraduate studies in the Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, tells Mashable that communication technology, like smartphones and social media, blur the lines between our privat…
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