How do you relax after work especially if you work from home?

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After a full on day at work how do you switch off and relax? Especially if you work at home? Work is very busy at the moment and I can feel myself struggling to relax.

A walk, sometimes for shopping, sometimes just for the fresh air, the ponds nearby, view nature.

Dont relax until LO is in bed….. so at 7pm i sprawl out on the couch after a nice hot shower and do my skin care and just chill!

I bet this! I'm now WFH (mostly), the commute although irritating was "time to process thoughts".

I'm loving some of these ideas though.

I work full time from home but have a preschooler; So after I finish I feed her, play with her, give her a bath, put her to bed.

Trash TV and crochet.

When WFH I always read for 10-20 mins before and after doing work, that bookends my day like a commute and allows me to decompress.

Walk our little doggy (draaag DS along if he is home and i feel like company as he is a HUGE chatterbox.) 😁 Then change into comfy clothes and see what‘s on tv or if DS wants to play a game. Then i look for chocolate. I used to be exciting but the thought of an invite out after work or having to leave my house for anything other than a countryside walk just terrifies me. 😂

Pack work away as much as I can and leave that room, then mix of...an engaging phone game that I have to concentrate on, a hot hot shower, a walk, pjs, exercise in summer, a drink and a work chat before mentally banning it.

Go to the gym or take a really long bath.

I have a relaxing walk up a hill to collect one child and then down hill the other direction to collect the other 😅

The half the week I don’t pick up the kids, I flop on the bed and have a beer, watch tv, go to yoga class or cuddle up with my boyfriend. When it’s warm enough I’ll sit out in the garden and read a book

I listen to music and I go for a long walk after I finish work. At least three times a week.

Turn off laptop and focus on kids and dinner. Try not to multitask in the evening; either I’m working or I’m not

As often as possible, I try to get out of the house after work. I either go for a walk, go to the gym or the supermarket. I sometimes get a coffee & chill out for a bit at the cafe.

A few methods

We go visit someone
Have a drink and chill
Movie night
Reading for an hour or so
Go to the park, especially now it's summer

Go and get Dd from the station, park round the park or go to the shops. Then home and into cooking. WOTH twice a week usually.

I like to go to the end of my garden, look up to the sky and scream as loudly as I can for around 30 seconds before coming inside and cooking dinner.

It's quite helpful for me but the neighbours have complained.

I find routine helps. So pack away the laptop at the end of the day, then walk the dog so I get out of the house in lieu of a commute.

Then dinner, shower, pyjamas, and either watch TV or play games.

And wine

I love this idea!

Just had a glass of wine as still half waiting for a work call
About to go for a walk along the Thames with my dog.
Will either drop into Covent Garden for supper or pick up a takeaway

Are you a billionaire?

I do exercise.
walk, run, tennis and really looking forward to the light nights so can go for a bike ride

Take a walk to town. (I live near the sea ). Breathe in the freah air

I almost had a breakdown last year as I was so absorbed by work. I then moved jobs and made changes that I have stuck to. I turn off no later than 5.30, usually at 5 then I go to bring my horses in and make dinner before settling down on the sofa to watch something with DH, I turn all work comms off. I also go to a slimming club once a week and have joined a gym so do a class twice a week. I sleep so much better now, used to survive on about 4 hours a night, I’m now at least 7.

shut down my laptop, tidy my desk, then leave my office (making sure I close the door behind me). My ‘office’ was formerly the 4th bedroom

Same!!!