Lately I’ve been struggling with setting boundaries around work hours, especially with everything being remote. Messages keep coming in well past 6pm, and I feel guilty not responding. How do you handle after-hours communication without looking like you're not a team player?

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If the messages relate to something urgent, I would usually reply. Otherwise it can wait. Constantly remembering "I don't live to work" over the years has helped me personally.

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