You'll need hobbies, or just "something to do". But most importantly, you need a job where you can do actually do this. I've worked for a few startups (wow, i

You'll need hobbies, or just "something to do". But most importantly, you need a job where you can do actually do this. I've worked for a few startups (wow, ironic) where it was impossible to switch off because everything was being thrown at me as often as possible. Yeah, they had unlimited vacation and perks like "work from home", "summer Fridays", "beer:30" but these were mostly ruses which helped them be even more effective; not me. The easiest way to start to separate your work from your life is to move into a boring job. Sorry. Moving fast and breaking things is cool. Changing the world is super-cool. But it's mostly passion-based work. In the heat of passion, a lot of things get overlooked.