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0 pointssixdimensional5y ago0 comments

I have two laptops - work and personal. When it’s time to shut off work, work laptop and cell phone go away, personal one comes out. Works pretty well.

What doesn’t always work for me is the physical detritus after a work period - notes, papers, books etc. and even more so, the psychological carry over from difficult or prolonged periods of work.

I find that if I work 10 hours a day (common) during the work week, for weeks at a time, if I take a break, it will take a minimum of 3-5 days with lots of naps/downtime to process the “work carryover effect” and return to a state where I can truly think about what I personally want to.

Anybody else?

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withinboredom5y ago

I have a separate hardrive on my work computer that I installed Windows on. I reboot and do my personal stuff there (games, bills, or whatever). It's convenient because it's not straightforward to reboot into a different HD/OS.

This means that if I need to go back to work, I need to shut down my personal stuff and reboot. I call it my "commute."

wombatmobile5y ago

Same. Two computers, two chairs, two separate spaces.

As soon as I sit down in a chair, that persona takes over.

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