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How to resurrect your work/life balance from the dead
Spooky szn!
Happy Halloween week to all you ghouls and goblins… as if it’s not scary enough out there! Sidenote: We can’t wait to hit the aisles on Saturday to stock up on all of the leftover trick-or-treat candy on sale.
Today’s tunes: Bum bum be-dum, bum bum be-dum bum. Rihanna’s “Disturbia” will forever be on our Halloween playlist.
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How to Resurrect Your Work/Life Balance From the Dead
Remember when work felt like just a part of your life, and not something that brought the everyday scaries to you? Somewhere along the way, your “flexible schedule” turned into endless late-night pings, weekend check-ins, and the creeping dread of Sunday evenings. The line between work and life? More invisible than a ghost.
Work will always get busy, but if “flexible” has started to mean “always on,” it’s time to reestablish boundaries before you burn yourself out. So let’s chat about a few things you can do to dig up that work/life balance from the grave.
🧙Set Your witching working hours
You don’t have to reply to late night messages, especially if they’re not urgent, so ghost those notifications until morning! Protecting your boundaries keeps your energy strong and your focus sharper when the sun rises again.
📵 Silence of the notifications
Turn off work alerts after hours. Mute chats and email once you log off. And remind yourself that rest is just as productive as work.
🪄Cast a sign-off spell
Do something small that marks the end of your workday. Close your laptop, take a walk, change your outfit, or just step away. Signal to your brain that the workday is officially buried.
Bringing your work/life balance back from the dead won’t happen overnight, but it can happen if you’re willing to honor your boundaries. Silence the notifications that haunt your evenings and mark the end of your workday with a little ritual. Do this consistently, and you’ll exorcise burnout and get back to enjoying your life outside the office crypt.
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…while you watch Hocus Pocus in the background while you work.
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Thanks so much for reading! We hope you have the best week ever, with lots of treats and no tricks! See you back here soon!
—Rod and Gabi
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