How do you check out at the end of the working day?

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I'm not sure how the average end of the working day looks like for you, but here is mine:- I have unanswered Slack message - I have new messages in my Inbox (despite practicing GTD) - I have tons of action items in actionable email foldersIt's 16:30, quick time reporting and I'm off to picking up the kids.As I walk to school, my brain keeps thinking about all those pending emails and action items. I often end up not properly focusing on my kidsWork is not stressing me. I love my work! But there are too few hours in each day to both complete all pending tasks and spend quality time with my kids.How do you check out from work? Any tips and tricks are appreciated.

BruceEel · Accepted Answer

With difficulty. I like to think that there shouldn't be any project work that can't wait for tomorrow, and that's mostly the case. Production issues, those are very tricky to check out from, you typically won't find peace until you're satisfied you've sorted things out...

syndicatedjelly · Answer

I write a short note about where I left off and what the next logical step is. That&rsquo;s usually enough to get me to close the computer and check out