• For a flexible schedule, use tools like email and use features like "schedule send." Then you can send an email during regular business hours regardless of when you drafted it.
• For emails you only want to see later in the day, press "snooze" in Gmail, and let them come back to your inbox when you're ready.
• For those who prefer stricter hours, set your status on messaging platforms outside your hours as Do Not Disturb.
• Set your working hours in your calendar so that an automatic prompt will let others know if they try to schedule a meeting outside your working hours.

Many of us think that we need to cut online meetings down to the bare minimum and remain silent before it starts. When attending an in-person meeting, no one sits around in silence before the start of the meeting. We shouldn't do this in virtual meetings either. Diving straight into the work can ...