re: OT professionals - do you easily disconnect from work?

When I leave I work I never think about it or do anything work related. I disconnect every day and every weekend. I even stopped going to work happy hours. I only go to my wife's work happy hours. My job is not my life.

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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.

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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.