Angela Mondor tells clients she'll reply to emails only during business hours, even if they arrive anytime. She says guilt about constant work kills creativity and mental clarity. Set boundaries that work for you and actually disconnect.
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And so they know that they're not gonna receive a response from me at night. I always tell my clients, you can email me any time of day you like, go ahead, have at 'er, but I'll reply to them during business hours. That's a boundary that's important to me so that when I am taking time for myself, when I'm off work, I'm actually off work. So taking away that guilt is really important because when we, when we struggle with this Guilt monster and we are constantly thinking we should be working, you're back in hustle mode. That is going to cause some great pains for yourself in— it's going to reduce your creativity, it's going to reduce the clarity in the difference between working and your personal life, it's going to drain your energy, it's going to suck you dry. So it's really important for you to figure out what works for you. Like I said, for me, being present was the thing that worked for me. So when I was with