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I never believed number 1 until relatively recently. After growing up in a family where work was life, it didn't make sense to me to do anything but work (even

I never believed number 1 until relatively recently. After growing up in a family where work was life, it didn't make sense to me to do anything but work (even if constant work made me miserable). Now that I'm out of school and I have had a chance to see how others live their lives though, I get it now. It's difficult to enforce in myself since I've been set in my ways for a while, but actually doing things outside of work/for myself is so fulfilling!

prometheus76 7y ago
My experience has been that building a strong boundary between work and not-work life has made me more effective at work and made my not-work life much more enjoyable and refreshing. I don't get work emails on my phone, and my boss has only called me after hours twice in the last year, and both times it was completely understandable and didn't bother me. Giving your brain a chance to relax and focus on other things rejuvenates its capability to solve problems when you need it to.