Thank you for sharing this!
But you left a big question open for me
Leave work at work
I am able to free myself in my spare time mostly from thoughts about work. Years ago I was some kind of obsessive, improving solutions found during work hours in my spare time (because it was fun). Which is of course energy consuming. So I found ways to stop doing that.
But as soon, as I wake up - even under the shower - I think about work: What problems I would face and how to solve them. I go to work by bike. So I have about half an hour more time to think further about work.
Have you developed some kind of routine to "leave the work at work"?
I want to do good work, help people and make things more efficient. That motivation, while well intended, meant that I was putting all my mental energy, and waking hours, into thinking about solutions, reading about tech and being online in my evenings to help the UK team (my old team before moving back to NZ).
My manager said to me 'just because it doesn't feel like work, doesn't mean you aren't working'. I was never really switched off.
To get away from the cycle of work > home to get straight back online > watch tutorials and read > go back to work the next day, I've made a conscious decision to switch gears in my evenings and weekends. Putting more energy into a different passion means I'm not all consumed by work or work-related things.
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Thank you for sharing this!
But you left a big question open for me
I am able to free myself in my spare time mostly from thoughts about work. Years ago I was some kind of obsessive, improving solutions found during work hours in my spare time (because it was fun). Which is of course energy consuming. So I found ways to stop doing that.
But as soon, as I wake up - even under the shower - I think about work: What problems I would face and how to solve them. I go to work by bike. So I have about half an hour more time to think further about work.
Have you developed some kind of routine to "leave the work at work"?
That's been the hardest one to tackle by far.
I want to do good work, help people and make things more efficient. That motivation, while well intended, meant that I was putting all my mental energy, and waking hours, into thinking about solutions, reading about tech and being online in my evenings to help the UK team (my old team before moving back to NZ).
My manager said to me 'just because it doesn't feel like work, doesn't mean you aren't working'. I was never really switched off.
To get away from the cycle of work > home to get straight back online > watch tutorials and read > go back to work the next day, I've made a conscious decision to switch gears in my evenings and weekends. Putting more energy into a different passion means I'm not all consumed by work or work-related things.