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My old roommate in Cleveland warned me not to answer client emails after 6pm, and yeah, she was right
Back in 2022 I was pulling 60 hour weeks doing design work and thought answering emails at 10pm made me look dedicated. My roommate at the time worked in a hospital and she kept saying "you're teaching them you're always on" but I shrugged it off for months. Then in March a client started texting me on Sundays about small stuff, and it crept into every dinner and movie night until I felt sick just hearing my phone buzz. I finally set a rule of no replies past 6pm and it took about 3 weeks for the Sunday texts to die off. My sleep got better and I stopped dreading Monday mornings, which I did not expect from something so small. Now I'm wondering if a separate work phone or a dumb auto reply would make the line even clearer, anyone tried that?
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