Leave Your Work in the Home Office

Filed in archive General on October 13, 2007

A Forbes' article entitled, How to Be a Workaholic Without Killing Yourself reminded me of how to keep myself healthy and sane while doing my work-at-home routines.

The generic tips like exercise regularly, get enough sleep, and getting a new hobby are there. But one wasn't able to make me nod that much: leave your work in the office.

Since I work from home, will that tip be as effective if it's rephrased into "leave your work in the home office?"

So how do you really leave your work in the home office then?

I'm thinking - never giving in the urge to unlock the door to your home office to turn on the computer to check emails just one last time before going to bed? Never conducting any meeting anywhere in the house except in your home office? Avoiding taking out any office supplies or documents out of the home office?

What is your idea of leaving your work in the home office for the sake of your health and/or work-life balance?