How to relax your expectations
- Have a conversation with your boss on expectations and boundaries. Be open about when you're available and when not.
- Keep your phone in another room to resist the urge to check it.
- Remove work apps from your phone or home devise to create a distinction between phone (personal) and computer (work time.)
- Change your email signature that states how long you usually take to respond.
- Use if/then statements to reduce the need to keep working. (If I get an email notification at 5 pm, then I will ....)
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