Any report back? I’m planning to implement some of these for a month or two and see how they work.
Here is my list (which riffs off yours):
Work uniform every day. These will be clothes I rarely outside of work so as to minimize the amount of work-personal blend. I’ll also make them more professional to fit in with the “I’m at work and being a professional” vibe.
Work phone in safe when I get home. I have a work-only phone because I’m on-call 24⁄7. I plan to put this in my phone safe when I get home and only check it at certain times to avoid checking it out of habit or fear.
No work in apartment. Separating physical locations is important. If I have to work from home, then I’ll go to my apartment complex’s study area.
No talking about work outside of work.
I’ve found an identity angle to this, where you become the type of person who doesn’t talk about work outside of work because that type of person doesn’t have a fulfilling personal life and thus resorts to work talk. I talk to a handful of people about work outside of work and it doesn’t make me feel good, which means the identity angle is working as it should. I will probably try to reinforce this.
Any report back? I’m planning to implement some of these for a month or two and see how they work.
Here is my list (which riffs off yours):
Work uniform every day. These will be clothes I rarely outside of work so as to minimize the amount of work-personal blend. I’ll also make them more professional to fit in with the “I’m at work and being a professional” vibe.
Work phone in safe when I get home. I have a work-only phone because I’m on-call 24⁄7. I plan to put this in my phone safe when I get home and only check it at certain times to avoid checking it out of habit or fear.
No work in apartment. Separating physical locations is important. If I have to work from home, then I’ll go to my apartment complex’s study area.
No talking about work outside of work.
I’ve found an identity angle to this, where you become the type of person who doesn’t talk about work outside of work because that type of person doesn’t have a fulfilling personal life and thus resorts to work talk. I talk to a handful of people about work outside of work and it doesn’t make me feel good, which means the identity angle is working as it should. I will probably try to reinforce this.