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Germany has a very interesting proposition going on. The country is talking about passing legislation that would prevent late night work emails. In other words, business emails can only take place during normal working hours.

Personally, I like it. Everyone in the business world would have to agree not to send any digital communications after dinner. I would be a little dubious at first, but then I would easily get used to it.

I would not feel compelled to check my emails or write one if I truly knew that everyone just shut down after dinner. I would relish the time that the world stopped and I would not be forced to answer deadline emails around the clock.

Huffington Post recently said that Germany believes there is an “undeniable relationship between constant availability and the increase of mental illness.”

Does that mean if I stop sending emails after dinner, I will not be crazy anymore?