Safety
Working from home blurs everything. Boundaries re-sharpen it.
When your bedroom is your studio, the line between “at work” and “off work” is something you have to build — it will not build itself.
Practical separation
- Defined working hours — schedule work blocks and stop when the block ends.
- A separate workspace — even a corner with a backdrop that means “this is work.”
- Customer messaging hours — state when you answer, and do not answer outside them.
- Notifications — mute work apps when off; separate work and personal notifications.
- Personal social media — keep personal accounts free of work cross-talk, and vice versa.
- Family and household privacy — agree on what housemates/family see and hear, and when.
A simple shutdown ritual
- End the session on time, not when the last tipper leaves.
- Log out of work accounts on the work profile.
- Note tomorrow's top three tasks, then close the notebook.
- Physically leave or cover the workspace until the next work block.