You leave work, but work does not leave you. You replay the last meeting in the car, check messages on the sofa and snap at someone you love over nothing. This printable gives you a short, fixed buffer between the workday and home: four steps of about five minutes each (close, change, move, arrive), with a 5-minute version for hard days. Choose the version that fits your day (commute, work from home or shifts), fill your routine card once, and track four weeks to keep what works.
Who it is for
- Adults who bring work home in their head and want a clear end to the workday
- Remote and hybrid workers with no commute to reset, and people with long drives or train rides home
- Shift workers coming home after early, late or night shifts who need to wind down their own way
What is inside
- Start here — how to use the routine in 3 steps and what to do first
- How it works — the 4 steps at a glance, which version to use, the 5-minute version
- The 20-minute routine — close, change, move, arrive: what to do in each step, with choices and a 2-minute version
- My routine card — filled example, then your own routine on one page
- Work shutdown sheet — filled example + blank sheet to close the workday on paper
- Commute, work-from-home and shift worker versions — the same 4 steps fitted to your day, with tables and fixes
- Pocket cards and “Done for today” sign — cut-out cards for the car, desk and door
- 4-week tracker and review — filled example week, two blank pages, a review to choose what you keep
- Ink-saver version — all printable tool pages in a low-ink black-and-white style
How to use it in 3 steps
- Read “How it works” and pick your version: commute, work from home or shifts
- Fill your routine card once, then run the 4 steps at the end of each workday (about 20 minutes, 5 on hard days)
- Tick the tracker each day and do the review after two and four weeks
Formats and devices
- A4 PDF (colour)
- US Letter PDF (colour)
- Ink-saver PDF in A4 and US Letter (tool pages only)
- Fillable fields: type on a computer, tablet or phone, or print and write
Part of The Work Without Burnout Bundle → https://beawareofme.com/the-work-without-burnout-bundle/
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