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Leaving Work at Work – How to successfully finish your working day without thinking about work in your free time

Leaving Work at Work – How to successfully finish your working day without thinking about work in your free time

Norman Kämper-Leymann (norman.lol), Svitlana Fedchenko

Push your last commit, then push away from the desk. Clear your cache, recharge your brain. Great code starts with a well-rested mind.

Prerequisite
None

Outline
During last year's Drupal User Group Berlin December meetup right before Christmas this topic was presented as an open discussion with all attendees. We wanted to collect things, habits, routines that people do to keep work at work and finish their working day.

Surprised by the big interest and the great contributions we collected that evening, we presented the results at an internal developer-focused meeting at 1xINTERNET. And we were again surprised by even more, great contributions.

We will show what we collected, maybe there's something in for you. And we are very happy to collect even more, interesting routines and habits from the people at the session.

Learning Objectives
Identify common habits and triggers that make it difficult to mentally "log off."

Apply practical strategies to create a clean mental handoff at the end of the workday.

Establish personal rituals or boundaries that support recovery, creativity, and sustained focus.

Experience level
Beginner