The book was a picture book version of the nursery rhyme.Īnd each time I started reading, she would giggle, cover my mouth and yell, “I could do it”–signaling to me that she could “sing” it herself. When my daughter was 2 years old, we would read a book titled Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. It can be uncomfortable to set boundaries, but for most of us - no one can set them for you but you. It’s not an app for entertainment like TikTok (although I wish I could break the habit of opening that app just because I’m bored, too - that’s a topic for another day).Įmployees who are able to focus on work while working and focus on life when not working do better work. Break the habit of opening Slack or Teams in the evenings or while out running errands simply because you’re bored. I hear people say, “It’s easier to reply right then than to think about it all night,” to which I say - this is a *big* indicator you need to work on your work-life balance and compartmentalizing.ģ. You’re not obligated to reply to a message the instant you see it. If you accidentally open an email or message outside of dedicated working time, mark it unread and address it when you’re back to focus time. That doesn’t mean you need to ghost, use that Busy/Unavailable setting so others know to not expect a prompt reply.Ģ. It will be scary, but I promise you’ll survive and your brain will be better for it. If you don’t work in an on-call position, carve out portions of your day where you turn your notifications for Slack or Teams off. Here are three simple ways to set work-life boundaries and make sure you can reset, rest, and do your best work.ġ. When work creeps further and further into all hours of your life, it can be a recipe for disaster. real time, and it’s up to the entire team to make sure that culture is displayed in the day to day. It’s up to workplaces to set a culture of what happens asynchronously vs. Just because someone messages you at an odd hour, doesn’t mean you have to reply at that odd hour, too. In the quest to be a rockstar employee, it’s easy to forget to set boundaries. Sometimes this is a product of workplace culture, but sometimes it’s at least partially self-inflicted. I routinely hear of remote tech workers burning themselves out by being “on” for too many hours of the day. With remote work, lines have become very blurry of when to be “off” and when to be “on”.
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