Setting Up Guardrails For Working Remotely

Whether you’re a leader with a title or just someone working remotely trying to do your best, odds are you have a hard time disconnecting from your work. Remote workers, especially those who are new to it (which is an LOT of us since March), report that their biggest challenge is constantly being sucked into work-related emails, text messages and projects when they should be off the clock. A lack of boundaries around our personal time is one of the leading causes of burnout among remote workers.
Why do we struggle with boundaries?
There are plenty of reasons we do this to ourselves. Some stem from positive intentions like being a good teammate and providing great customer service (internal or external). Sometimes our inability to safeguard our work-life balance comes from a much darker place:
If I don’t respond right away, my teammates will think I don’t care
If I’m not constantly connected, my