Your business won't collapse if you don't check email for 48 hours.
But you will. Because somewhere along the line, you confused being needed with being important. That notification buzz isn't urgency—it's addiction dressed up as responsibility.
This weekend, you'll promise to switch off. By Saturday lunch, you'll be "just quickly checking" something. By Sunday arvo, you'll have done three hours of admin you're telling yourself "doesn't count."
Here's the kicker: The clients who respect boundaries pay better. The ones who expect weekend responses? They're usually the ones haggling your rates anyway.
(Real quick one, I cover off a lot of the attitudes on time in business and automation on the podcast. Check it out here.)
🔗 Stuff Worth Clicking
Auto-Reply Templates That Actually Set Boundaries – Forget the corporate "I'll get back to you within 24 hours" rubbish. G2's guide shows how to write OOO messages that train clients to respect your time without losing them.
UK's 4-Day Week Trial Results – 71% reduced burnout, revenue up 35%, staff turnover down 57%. Real companies, real results. Not a Twitter thread, but proof that working less doesn't mean earning less.
💸 One Worthy Tactic
The Friday 3pm Shutdown Ritual
Stop treating Friday like it bleeds into Saturday. Here's what actually works:
Set a recurring calendar block from 3pm-5pm Friday labeled "Weekly Shutdown." Make it red. Make it angry-looking.
Create a shutdown checklist:
Clear all browser tabs (bookmark the important ones)
Move everything off your desktop into a "Monday Morning" folder
Write three things for Monday-you to tackle first
Set your out-of-office (yes, even for the weekend)
Log out of everything
The nuclear option: Use Freedom or Cold Turkey to block all work sites from 5pm Friday to 9am Monday. Can't check what you can't access.
Tell one person you're doing this. Not for accountability—for practice saying "I don't work weekends" without apologising.
Takes 10 minutes to set up. Saves you from 10 hours of half-arsed weekend work that could've waited anyway.
P.S. – If you read this newsletter on the weekend, you've already failed. Close your laptop. The work will still be there Monday, mate.
Reply and tell me: What's your worst weekend work habit? I'll share the most tragic ones next week (anonymously, unless you want the shame badge).
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