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I leave at 5 almost every day. I don’t check work email after 5 pm or before 9am. My cell number is in my email signature; if it’s urgent, call me. But make it clear that anything outside of a 40 hour work week is me doing you a favor.
@AD1 I saw Mos Def the other day and he was definitely not understaffed.
Try and do yoga cardio weights at lunch 3x wk
Leave at 5pm 6pm latest
Dinner at home with family every night
No checking work emails until 7am
I try a WFH day once a month...
I never miss a kid recital try and chaperone a trip a semester
I’m so inspired by this.
I dictate how accessible I am to people. As a producer, that’s hard, but it’s necessary. If I get an email late at night, I’ll set my emails to delay responses until 8am the next day (I don’t need people thinking I’m up and able to work at 11pm). I also make sure to take occasional personal days especially after wrapping a big shoot. It also helps to work outside of the office every so often. Working from home allows me to not feel so overwhelmed with work, and take a break from being so accessible at the office.
The first step is understanding that the world will not end if someone sends you an email at 6:30 PM and you don’t respond until 9 AM the next day. There are very few work-related things that actually require an immediate response. Solidify that in your mind and it’ll be easier to turn off when you leave work.
The biggest step I took was turning off push notifications from email so I choose when to "clock in" after hours. I also echo the above comment about setting limits on working hours and being vocal about anything above and beyond being something I'm willing to do in support of my team.
Connectivity is the main culprit, and you don't owe your workplace your soul - even if other people are giving it. Fight to have it back.
100% agreed.
I take 90 min lunch break and 60 of it is at the gym or walking in the park
Quoting my partner, they purchase 40 hours per week of your time. Anything else is giving away free labor. Nobody gives away their labor for free, not even prisoners. Sometimes investing your labor (at your sole discretion) can be worthwhile if it delivers ROI, e.g. working extra on a project from which you get some value (where "value" is a new skill, experience you can use to sell your skills, something that just makes you happy, etc.).
Quoting a friend, treat "balance" appointments like exercise time no differently than you would work engagements. You'd *never* just skip a client meeting, why is your spin class any less important to you?
Quoting a colleague, we're not curing cancer and no small children will die. It can wait.
THIS.
I use a burner phone for work and weed.
No texting, period. If someone texts you, call them back right away with a regular call, not a text. It really works in deterring texts.
I find texting can be helpful but only when used judiciously - like the call back idea
Remember that you have a life outside of work and it’s just as important. If work starts digging into your life time, then soon enough you won’t be able to give your best to your work because you’ll be too overwhelmed. Remind those around you that you work best when you’re refreshed by having balance. Also realize, you won’t always have perfect balance and that’s ok. If you start feeling guilty about leaving at 5, or taking that extra day off, think about it this way: who’s going to care that you worked long hours in advertising when you’re retired/dead? There’s a lot more out there.
If you find out lmk
I set the expectation that when I leave the office—unless noted otherwise—I’m not available. If people ask for stuff after 5, I tell them that I’d be happy to jump on it first thing in the morning. I also let people know on Fridays when I have a hard stop at 5. All this being said, I’m always communicating with my account team about status of projects, when to expect them and which ones I need to prioritize. I try to check in on them to make sure they have what they need to also get out of the office around the same time I can.
go in house lol
Don’t check emails after 6pm or before 9am. You invite people to disrespect your time by replying and sending emails at all times of the night. When you consistently don’t check/respond, you normalize behavior of people getting things to you on-time. It was my biggest habit to break - and years later - the most rewarding one to know that work isn’t 24/7. Also, in 2017, France passed a law that employers can’t expect employees to check email after business hours - so - we just need to all rally together in the U.S.
You have to set boundaries from the beginning. I don’t give out my phone number except when I’m on shoots, if someone texts me other than that I block them. I don’t have slack or email on my phone. I check in with my team when I leave for the day. Just a simple walk around with “I’m leaving for the day did you get everything from me you needed”. Then that’s it. I did my work. Made sure it was done. And I’m gone
Respect your own time and try to work on those important tasks during the day.
Currently trying to figure this out myself. Following this.
I come in early and leave early. I always ask if they need anything before I leave so I don’t look like a douche.
I’m adding to this specifically because the longer this thread gets the more people will be inclined to have boundaries themselves, thus creating a better culture around this overall. I’m leaving between 5 and 6 everyday unless a specific ask is keeping me back. Scheduling PTO after a big push, and being more mindful of projects that have me underwater so i can make adjustments with the team to lessen weekend work.
go in house.