E-mail: when is enough enough?

• Position: Workplace Productivity - Brief article

Productivity specialist Marsha Egan is troubled by the findings of AOIL's e-mail addiction survey. While almost all U.S. citizens with accounts check their e-mail frequently, this new research shows that a significant percentage of the population is addicted to e-mail--and in more egregious ways than ever before.

"The results of this survey are disturbing," suggests Egan, author of 12 Steps to Curing Your E-mail E-ddiction. "When 67% of the survey participants admit to checking their email while they're in their pajamas in bed, what does that say about the state of our e-mail habits?

"That's not even the most shocking statistic, either. Fifty-nine percent of those surveyed admitted to checking their e-mail in the bathroom.

"The constant connectivity that e-mail and PDAs provide means that people are becoming less...