What should you listen to on your drive home from work?

Colleagues,
 
MVP: Transitioning from work to home is critical.
 
In my conversation with Helen Kelly on episode 141 of The Assistant Principal Podcast, she emphasized how critical it was to be able to disconnect from work. 
 
This is something I have struggled with throughout my career, but here two things you can do to help transition from work to home:

• Use travel time to transition your brain out of work mode. Instead of listening to another GREAT episode of The Assistant Principal Podcast (🤣), listen to something that preps you for being home – music and an entertainment podcast or audio book.
• Give your body senses cues when you get home:
  • Change your clothes.
  • Have a special drink with a specific flavor.
  • Sit in a specific place.
  • Listen to a specific sound (music, birds in the garden).

 
This isn’t perfect but it is a start.
 
Today’s intention: Evaluate what you do at the end of your workday through the point when you get home. Are you helping yourself make the transition?
 
The work to home transition is one of the four essentials for new leaders. The first essential is the support network. Downloading our support network checklist will also get you access to our free mini-course on the other three essentials. Checklist link is here.

Cheers!

Frederick