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Working From Home: How Do You Switch Off?
If you are struggling to unplug from your day job here are some suggestions.
If you’re working remotely, it’s likely you manage your own schedule rather than working the standard 9–5, but you still need to find the time to switch off and relax in the evening.
If you struggle to unplug from your day job, here are some of my suggestions.
Mode: Do Not Disturb AKA Switch off all notifications:
I mentioned this one in a previous post about staying productive, and it works the same for switching off. It’s important for colleagues to understand and respect your downtime, once you’re offline and don’t want to be pulled back into the conversation, turn your notifications off. Remember: your communication with the team (or clients) doesn’t need to be 24/7.
Tell your team you’re logging off:
If you’ve got a team working across multiple time zones, it’s likely you’ll get messages after hours. It might be 11 pm for you, but that’s 9 am somewhere! If you don’t want to receive these messages from coworkers throughout the evening then send a message out to your team…
