Cosmopolitan (UK)

FOLLOW THE ONE-HOUR RULE

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With big names in Silicon Valley telling us there’s no such thing as a work-life balance any more (your career path should be holistic, duh), and the average Brit putting in 10 hours of overtime a week* (yep, skipping a lunch break counts), drawing those distinct – and necessary – boundaries between home and the office can be tricky.“On occasion, I was expected to attend restaurant reviews with Michael on weekends,” says Ruby Snape, former PA to the late film director and restaurant critic Michael Winner.“Often I politely told him I wasn’t available.” Work out boundaries and stick to them.“I always turn my phone off at night,” says Coulling.

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