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Focus and work · Making it stick

Leave work at work

A fixed end to the working day, with one closing action you do every time.

5 minEvidence: decent

People who mentally leave work in the evening are less worn out, sleep better, and do better work the next day. That's a consistent finding across dozens of studies, though most show a link rather than proof of cause. Evidence: decent

The closing action matters. Writing tomorrow's list, shutting the laptop, saying "done": pick one and keep it. The ritual is the signal.

Source: Yoav Livneh, Harvard University, via Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, "21 brain hacks"

Same theme: Making it stick

Arrows to move, Enter to open, Esc to close.