Years ago, back when I was living alone, a bachelor, and had no dependents, my main way is to shut the lid to my laptop. That told me it was not work time. (Con

Years ago, back when I was living alone, a bachelor, and had no dependents, my main way is to shut the lid to my laptop. That told me it was not work time. (Conversely, I left it on during working hours). I also set Slack not to notify me during off work hours, but told people to text or phone me. At some point, I started to tag some Slack messages with [async]. It meant that I did not require an immediate response. I tried to be conscious of people's local time. People started reciprocating the [async] tag with me. These days, I have a family, and family time can also intrude into work life. So they tend to bleed together. I also have a garden. Because I need to take advantage of the natural cycles, I work in the garden in the morning (at around 6) and in the evening (at around 5). There are chickens, dogs, cats, and rabbits, and they all have habits that go with the time of the day. That helps ground me into the daily cycles of the other members of the household. The garden time helps shift me out of work time. If I still need to work in the evening, after dinner, it is something consciously chosen and I would inform my wife ahead of time. You might not have gardens or pets, but you might have a non-work activity that you like doing after the working hours. I suggest some kind of physical activity, even if it is just a walk. It can also help if you change your clothes, from your "working" clothes to maybe something like your "workout" clothes. Those can signal to your subconscious mind that you're shifting into something else. If you don't have a laptop, at least shut off the monitor or do something with the setup to visually indicate that the work day is done. Finally, the human brain does something funny when it crosses a threshold into another room. It changes context. You can use that to help shift your context -- go do something physical outside, even if it is to go to the balcony.