As technology continues to blur the line between work and home, here are 5 tips to help you create a healthy balance. Learn the tricks to successfully shut down and walk away from work each evening.

1. 5 Tips for Remote
Working: How to
Shut Down and
Go Home
(even if you’re already there...)

2. When that proverbial 5 o’clock whistle
blows at the office, you straighten your
desk, log off of your computer, grab your
work bag and head out the door. But what
happens when you reach the end of your
remote work day? Do you keep working?
The answer is, “No!” Don’t keep working.”
Ending your day can be hard at the office;
when you work remotely, it can be even
trickier.

3. Working from a home office can keep
you unwittingly tied to your desk and
stuck in your chair long after quitting
time. Don’t fall into the trap of working
more because your office is so
conveniently located. Treat your home
office the same as you would treat an
office that you commute to each day.
Here are five tips on how to successfully
shut down and walk away for the
evening.

4. End Your Day
with a To-Do List
You don’t have to start each new
morning with a clean slate. It’s
okay to carry things over to the
next day. To wrap up your current
work day and start the new one
feeling organized, sit down and
make a to-do list. Then you can
walk away from your home office
feeling confident that you can
pick up where you left off the
next morning.

5. Be sure everything is plugged in for
the next morning. It’s easy to just
want to be done and close the laptop
to make dinner, walk the dog or check
in on the kids. But don’t leave
anything extra to be done before the
next remote work day starts. Make
sure you plug in your headset to
charge, take that dirty coffee cup to
the sink and clean up your desk for a
fresh start to the new day. The
“tomorrow-morning” you will be
grateful for it.
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6. Set Your
Device’s
Nightlight
The nightlight feature dims your device’s
screen to make it easier to look at your
screen in the dark. Set it to turn on at the
end of your work day to signal it’s time to
wrap up. You can keep working if you
want, but at least you'll be aware that the
official quitting time has passed.

7. Don’t Send
After-Hours
Emails
When you’re done working for the
day, stay done. If you are working
late, set that email message to auto
send in the morning. Keep your
working hours defined. Don’t allow
people to expect you to always be
available outside of those work
hours. You need time to regroup
before the next remote work day.

8. Close your Tabs
and Shut Down for
the Weekend
End-of-day Friday — not Saturday
afternoon — signals the weekend.
Ensure that your remote work day
doesn’t blend into your weekend
downtime. Turn off your device on
Friday and stay away from it until
Monday morning.

9. Working from home can require
some adjustment and a fresh
mindset. Finding balance
between your personal and
work-from-home lives can be
tough, especially at the end of
the day or the close of the work
week. Honor your office hours.
Set boundaries. And don’t work
on weekends even though your
home office is right there. You’ll
be glad you made the effort to
relax and enjoy some
downtime.

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