[lmorris84]

Agree with many of these points. I've worked from home for the last 3 years and I love it, but it definitely has it's downsides.

I think the worst for me is not being able to switch off at 5pm. Without the journey home to empty my mind a little, I do find myself thinking about work for the rest of the night.

[serg_chernata]

You know I find that going to the gym right at 5 helps me stay healthy and do just that, clear my head. Force yourself to leave the house.

[jeromegv]

I work from home & I keep my work emails in a separate software, at 5, I just quit the software. That does the job!

[anotherevan]

Cannot plus one this enough. I use to have all email accounts in the one client. Now for work (which is gmail) I use a notifier (plus often just leaving the browser page open in Chromium).

If I find the notifier starting to bug me on the non-work days, I just switch it off. I have a cron job that starts it 9am every work day if it is not already running.

[pingwin]

I've been working from home for going on 6 years. I have the same problem. It doesn't help that I also have a young child at home as well. He's only known me to work from home, so every few hours I get forced breaks, which is sometimes very nice to have.

I am with the other commenter that having some sort of activity to transition yourself from work to home is important. Sometimes a jog, or walk is enough. Most days I don't have anything to transition with beyond cooking the family dinner.

[jfoutz]

It sounds silly, but try changing clothes. Most people have uniforms for activities, like gym clothes. Pick something to wear for work, and then change out of that at the end of the day.

[scoj]

One thing that helps me (other than.my wife and kids asking when I'm done) is to go for a short walk. My wife knows that its part of my routine and is usually pretty supportive.