Downshift during your commute
“If you walk in the door decompressed, it gives you a jump-start for the rest of the evening,” says productivity expert Julie Morgenstern, author of Time Management from the Inside Out ($15; amazon.com). Do you take public transportation home? Resist the siren call of email and try a meditation app, such as Insight Timer, Calm, or Stop, Breathe & Think (all free on iTunes and Google Play). “Call a friend or loved one, listen to music—any activity that breaks you out of your normal train of thought should help,” says Morgenstern. “One client found it effective to set his relaxation intentions on his way home from work. He’d tell himself, ‘I want to enjoy cooking with my partner and make sure so-and-so does homework, but I’ll ask in a gentle way,’ and so on.”
