Honestly, most times when I take a short duration PTO I end up working just as many hours the day or two before that I question if it’s even worth it. Has anyone cracked the code for letting things go and signing off at a decent time?

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I have tomorrow off and will likely end up working straight until 2 or 3am to get everything done. I’m pretty good about checking out once I’m out but need to get better at wrapping things up beforehand.

It's really hard for me to do too. One of the things I've tried is communicating really clearly what time I need to be off - e.g., I'll send you the EoD email at X time with whatever format its in, it might not be perfect but I need to catch my flight. I've usually ended up working on the flights lol but at least trying to set a boundary makes it more likely they're at least somewhat followed

I always say I’m going to do that and set the boundary but always get so caught up thinking that I have to do it or it won’t get done or done right. It feels easier/faster to just do it myself than explain it to someone else but I need to get better about that.

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