Professionals Boundaries

You turned off the notifications. Good for you. Most people never get that far. But if you are still reading this, it probably means the same thing happened to you…

It usually happens on a Thursday. You look at your to-do list, realize you are not going to finish by Friday afternoon, and make a silent bargain with yourself: "I…

About a year ago, I was scrolling Instagram at midnight. Again. I had already scrolled for 40 minutes. I was not enjoying it. I was not learning anything. I was…

On a Friday evening in January, I deleted Slack from my phone. Not muted. Not moved to a folder. Deleted. The little purple icon vanished, and with it, the reflex…

At 9:47 PM on a Wednesday, I was sitting on my couch replying to a Slack message. My laptop was on the coffee table. My partner was watching a show…

You want to stop answering emails at 9 PM. You want to stop checking Slack on weekends. You want your evenings back. But you are afraid that saying so will…