CD-F0290 secWrite a restart plan before pausing work
Topic · 13 cards · draft
How can I switch off when the workday ends?
Choose where your workday keeps reopening: unfinished tasks, messages, a late meeting or an evening with no activity of your own. Thirteen cards offer small stopping cues and harder boundary practices. A restart plan has direct research support; other exact recipes are practical experiments shaped by your role and team agreements.
- Foundation 4
- Growth 4
- Mastery 3
- Challenge 2
Start here
Three easy first steps.
Foundation cards: small, daily, and hard to fail. Pick one and pin it up today.
CD-F031 minSave your work, then close work windows
CD-F0430 secWrite one work thought, then close the notebook
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Foundation 4
Small recurring actions with little setup. Choose anchors that fit your day.
CD-F0290 secWrite a restart plan before pausing work
CD-F031 minSave your work, then close work windows
CD-F0430 secWrite one work thought, then close the notebook
Growth 4
Practices that need preparation, a recurring slot or a useful tool.
CD-G011 minChange one layer after leaving your desk
CD-G025 min setupSchedule work alerts to pause after work
Mastery 3
Practices you develop over weeks through skill, planning and trade-offs.
CD-M014 days/weekStop on time four days a week
CD-M0210 minRenegotiate one recurring late meeting
CD-M0320 min / 3 nightsGive a hobby 20 minutes after dinner
Challenge 2
A bounded mission with a clear finish. It can combine practices over days or weeks.
CD-C0110 minTell teammates your off-hours response time
CD-C021 eveningSign out of work apps everywhere tonight
Sources
Smit, B. W. (2016). Successfully leaving work at work: The self-regulatory underpinnings of psychological detachment. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 89(3), 493–514. Read the source ↗
Newport, C. (2016). Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World. Grand Central Publishing. Read the source ↗
Ashforth, B. E., Kreiner, G. E., & Fugate, M. (2000). All in a day's work: Boundaries and micro role transitions. Academy of Management Review, 25(3), 472–491. Read the source ↗
Kushlev, K., & Dunn, E. W. (2015). Checking email less frequently reduces stress. Computers in Human Behavior, 43, 220–228. Read the source ↗
Giurge, L. M., & Bohns, V. K. (2021). You don’t need to answer right away! Receivers overestimate how quickly senders expect responses to non-urgent work emails. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 167, 114–128. Read the source ↗
Kreiner, G. E., Hollensbe, E. C., & Sheep, M. L. (2009). Balancing borders and bridges: Negotiating the work-home interface via boundary work tactics. Academy of Management Journal, 52(4), 704–730. Read the source ↗
Sonnentag, S., & Fritz, C. (2007). The Recovery Experience Questionnaire: Development and validation of a measure for assessing recuperation and unwinding from work. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 12(3), 204–221. Read the source ↗
From the screen to the fridge
Put the card where the habit happens.
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