Not everyone has a room to close the door on. When your office is also where you eat dinner, boundaries have to be physical, not just scheduled.
Mark the mode, not the room
You can turn any shared surface into a workspace with a few repeatable cues — objects that appear when you're working and disappear when you're not.
- A desk mat that goes down for work, away after.
- A specific chair or cushion you only use to work.
- A lamp that means "on the clock."
Pack down to clock off
The act of putting the work things away is its own signal. When the table becomes a table again, your head gets to leave the office too.
