Balancing Work and Family

So our next question is from James, and we're going to be talking about workplace stress and mental health. Hi, guys. I'm James. I find it hard to go from work mode to dad mode in the evenings after work, and especially on the weekend. I find the difference between the two really hard to navigate, especially when I feel tired and have low patience. Can you offer any advice? Whoo, James. Thank you so much for writing in and sharing your question. This experience that you're having, it's not just yours. So many people, including myself, have this experience, especially because I work remote, and being able to create that separation from one to the other is really, really difficult. Sometimes we think our brain sort of just knows our habits, it knows what we're planning to do. It doesn't. It only knows what we train it to do. Until we start to make habits that let our brain know, "Hey, work is ending, home is beginning," the brain is just carrying over stress, negative energy, unexpected situations. It's just carrying that from one thing to the next to the next to the next. And if you think about how we structure our days, we wake up, we start work. So we are obviously going to take the stress from the workday into the home instead of it going the other way around most times. What you could do is maybe consider how you want to train your brain. You can start with, in the morning, having some time for some mindfulness with yourself. So you're starting the day really focusing on you or centering your needs, maybe even spending some time with your family then, if there's time to do that, so it feels like you haven't really gotten tapped out of your energy just yet. And then, when you go into the workplace, instead of pouring out your energy consistently throughout the day, create some spaces in between. Give yourself some breaks. Make sure you're drinking water. We don't even drink water during the day. Walk outside. Go have a conversation with someone. Sit and breathe for a few minutes. Like, let the brain know this is a safe space, and here's where I'm transitioning from, not just like workplace to home. The brain needs to know when you're transitioning from doing a project to a meeting. How do you know? How do you tell it that? You tell it that by taking breaks, like saying, "When I close out this app and open up this notebook, I'm doing something different." And be consistent. Remember, you are training your brain. Now, what that does is alleviate some of the stress and the tiredness you feel. The tiredness comes from the brain always going. But when you say, "Brain, I got you. I got you. I'ma make it feel safe as possible for you," then the brain is not as tired. That gives you more energy for your...