Have you tried anything to create a better demarcation?
Re:Burning Out and Finding Stability (2019)
by stepbeek on Monday August 30, 2021 @04:06AM
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I continued to "get dressed for work" each day, then would change out of a shirt at the end of the workday which helped more than I thought it would. I'm lucky enough to have a dedicated home office so also stopped doing anything resembling leisure (even technical reading) in my office after hours.
Taking the dog a long walk after work each day showed promise, but it wasn't as effective as I'd hoped. I ended up just thinking/talking about work the entire time.
Thankfully, most things have re-opened here (Scotland) now so I'm able to resume all those hobbies that were sorely missed.
Other than the obvious economic impacts of the pandemic on small businesses, the de-stressing activities I personally enjoy - lifting weight, martial arts, going to the cinema - have been unavailable for most of the pandemic. I think that this has led to a less well-defined stopping point at the end of each day both physically and mentally.
The knock on effect of this has been more chronic stress. Before I had a really strong demarcation between the working week and my leisure time: up until things opened up again recently (Scotland), I haven't.