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re: OT professionals - do you easily disconnect from work?
Posted on 7/6/15 at 9:42 am to siliconvalleytiger
Posted on 7/6/15 at 9:42 am to siliconvalleytiger
I have no issues disonnecting from work. I have a very low stress IT job and have little issues when not at work.
My wife on the other hand is a hospice nurse and it's impossible to disconnect from work.
My wife on the other hand is a hospice nurse and it's impossible to disconnect from work.
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Posted on 7/6/15 at 9:47 am to siliconvalleytiger
I'm about to play mini golf with my kids. I just checked emails and now I'm typing this. Wtf is wrong with me.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 9:54 am to VanCleef
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separate home and work. It goes both ways, don't take work issues home and don't take home issues to work
This, my time with my family is more important to me than something that can wait until I get in the office tomorrow. I will occasionally take calls at home, but it is only in seriously time sensitive situations.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 9:54 am to Grouper Picatta
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I'm about to play mini golf with my kids. I just checked emails and now I'm typing this. Wtf is wrong with me.
Eh, if work emails on your phone enable you to play mini golf with your kids, who cares. Nothing wrong with checking in on your work.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 9:58 am to Grouper Picatta
I manage the entire IT infrastructure for a 50 person company, so I can't usually unplug. If something breaks on a weekend or after hours, it's my responsibility to handle the situation. Fortunately (knock on wood), we have very little big issues that do arise.
There's certain things in IT as well that must be done after hours, and there's just no way around it. It doesn't bother me at all though - I consider it just another part of the job, and I do love my job.
There's certain things in IT as well that must be done after hours, and there's just no way around it. It doesn't bother me at all though - I consider it just another part of the job, and I do love my job.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 9:59 am to siliconvalleytiger
Over the past few months, I have had a really hard time getting work off my mind. I went from a job where I dick off doing nothing all day to a job where 5:00 comes and I still have several hours worth of work left.
My biggest problem, though, isn't the workload. I enjoy that. It is the inter-office cluster. When I finally reached a point where I felt I'd be happy, my supervisor was simultaneously screwed over here and also offered an amazing job elsewhere (which she took), so now I'm in this weird (and horrible) limbo without a job title.
My biggest problem, though, isn't the workload. I enjoy that. It is the inter-office cluster. When I finally reached a point where I felt I'd be happy, my supervisor was simultaneously screwed over here and also offered an amazing job elsewhere (which she took), so now I'm in this weird (and horrible) limbo without a job title.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 10:11 am to siliconvalleytiger
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OT professionals - do you easily disconnect from work? by siliconvalleytiger
The older I get, the easier it becomes.
"Productive" beats "Always there" every time.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 10:13 am to dcrews
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I put my work email on my phone once. Took it off a week later.
Take your work stuff off your phone.
I said this a few months ago before I moved over to a different department, but I take that back now.
I'm not a slave to my work e-mail, but I'll check it randomly on nights/weekends. I'm not going to do some massive action item during my off time, but if an e-mail is just asking something that can be easily answered ("Did you send X a proposal?") and tremendously help someone who is working outside of office hours, I don't mind responding.
Now, what DID only last a week was keeping the alert/notification sound on my work email on my phone. I had to take it off because I'd check it every time I saw a little notification number on the app or every time I heard an email come in.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 11:09 am to LouisianaLady
I work a lot, but do my best to not let it effect my relationship with my wife and kids. I'm very lucky and have a job that offers great flexibility. I'm a night owl, my wife generally goes to bed early, so generally I get home early do I can eat with everyone and have time to play with the kids, and then when everyone is asleep get a couple hours of work in.
I find it hard to truly disconnect, which makes vacations sometimes difficult especially when a large project is going on. The only time I truly disconnected was my trip a couple years back to Costa Rica. It was such a pain in the arse to check email, I just said screw it.
I find it hard to truly disconnect, which makes vacations sometimes difficult especially when a large project is going on. The only time I truly disconnected was my trip a couple years back to Costa Rica. It was such a pain in the arse to check email, I just said screw it.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 11:13 am to siliconvalleytiger
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I have a hard time disconnecting on the weekends and vacations. I check my phone frequently and respond to emails over the weekend. Heck, I'm usually the one instigating them. I'm almost always thinking about work and get worked up about work issues even when I'm not physically there.
I had this issue, and it was kind of consuming me in a bad way. I've bought my own laptop, I have two separate cell phones, and I'm moving into a two bedroom apartment so one room is now my office.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 11:17 am to siliconvalleytiger
If this is a cry for help and a real one then do this:
Get a work cell phone and personal cell. When you leave turn the work phone off and put it up at home. That is a good way to symbolically and realistically disconnect from work.
Been there, done that. Its glorious.
Get a work cell phone and personal cell. When you leave turn the work phone off and put it up at home. That is a good way to symbolically and realistically disconnect from work.
Been there, done that. Its glorious.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 11:19 am to thejudge
The only bad thing about two cell phones is police that see both on you think you're a drug dealer with burners 
Posted on 7/6/15 at 11:20 am to siliconvalleytiger
quote:I usually disconnect from work while I'm at work.
OT professionals - do you easily disconnect from work?
Posted on 7/6/15 at 11:21 am to Jcorye1
The way I do it:
I have a separate blackberry for my work emails. This device is turned off by 8pm almost every night. The exception is when I am expecting work etc that evening
On the weekends, I have it set to turn on at 7am, and I can therefore look at it when I get up, and if there is nothing new I turn it off til mid afternoon where i often take one more look
When I was 23 I would take my blackberry out at night in NYC. When I look back, how dumb was I? Even if I got an email was I going to rush home, sober up, then respond/do work?
I have a separate blackberry for my work emails. This device is turned off by 8pm almost every night. The exception is when I am expecting work etc that evening
On the weekends, I have it set to turn on at 7am, and I can therefore look at it when I get up, and if there is nothing new I turn it off til mid afternoon where i often take one more look
When I was 23 I would take my blackberry out at night in NYC. When I look back, how dumb was I? Even if I got an email was I going to rush home, sober up, then respond/do work?
Posted on 7/6/15 at 11:24 am to Buckeye06
I carry both on me most of the time, but my work one is shut off/airplane mode when it's not work hours unless I'm expecting something crazy. I like always having a backup phone in my car though, and it's saved my bacon a couple of times.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 11:43 am to siliconvalleytiger
Yep - I mentally shut it down right when I walk out of the door. I don't access my client email after hours or on weekends. I end up doing a much better job while I'm actually at work if I leave it all in the office.
I know a lot of vets that can't do this and their stress level really takes a toll on them.
I know a lot of vets that can't do this and their stress level really takes a toll on them.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 10:49 pm to elprez00
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This is a huge struggle for me. Between being busy, and not getting home at decent times, I don't have a lot of free time to unwind. I want to interact with my 3 year old as much as possible in the evenings before she goes to bed. But it doesn't leave me much time to do anything. Its really hard to disengage my mind at night.
It's so much harder when you have small children, and I don't blame you for wanting to spend as much time with her as you can before she goes to bed. They grow up so fast, so this time is very precious. I think it's typical for people at this stage of life to find it difficult to find time for themselves. Try to take at least a short time for yourself every p.m. before going to sleep if you can though, (schedule it somehow if you can). It'll keep you sane. Hang in there, and things will get better in time. I feel your pain.
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