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> that said "feeling of incompleteness" will distract me for the rest of the evening

I find that it can even ruin an evening. I'll find myself trying to solve a problem in my head rather than being present with my family.

The only thing that works for me is waiting for clean breaks that happen mid-late afternoon. As soon as I reach a happy stopping point, I must stop and switch to shallow work for the rest of the afternoon. Then it's easy to leave my computer at the end of the day.

It's hard but after years of struggling with this, I found a sustainable way to balance work and life.

I also track my consistency with doing this so that I notice myself slipping back and correct it before it becomes a problem.