What's your 5-9 after your 9-5? #TEDTalks

If you want to get offline and reconnect If you want to get offline and reconnect with yourself, develop a post-work with yourself, develop a post-work with yourself, develop a post-work ritual. When you leave work and you are ritual. When you leave work and you are ritual. When you leave work and you are irritated or preoccupied or anxious or irritated or preoccupied or anxious or irritated or preoccupied or anxious or worried or stressed, all those moods worried or stressed, all those moods worried or stressed, all those moods come home with you. It is very difficult come home with you. It is very difficult come home with you. It is very difficult to just shift our mindset and on command to just shift our mindset and on command to just shift our mindset and on command tell our brain, "Hey, shift out of work tell our brain, "Hey, shift out of work tell our brain, "Hey, shift out of work mode." We actually have to train our mode." We actually have to train our mode." We actually have to train our brain to do that, and that's where the brain to do that, and that's where the brain to do that, and that's where the ritual comes in handy. The ritual should ritual comes in handy. The ritual should ritual comes in handy. The ritual should include as many of your senses as include as many of your senses as include as many of your senses as possible. First, sound. Music is very possible. First, sound. Music is very possible. First, sound. Music is very evocative. It evokes both [music] memory evocative. It evokes both [music] memory evocative. It evokes both [music] memory and feeling. So, curate a playlist that and feeling. So, curate a playlist that and feeling. So, curate a playlist that actually transports you to the person actually transports you to the person actually transports you to the person you want to be. The next thing you want you want to be. The next thing you want you want to be. The next thing you want to do is change clothes. Change out of to do is change clothes. Change out of to do is change clothes. Change out of your work clothes and into clothes that your work clothes and into clothes that your work clothes and into clothes that you associate with being home. Now, if you associate with being home. Now, if you associate with being home. Now, if you're telling me like, "I work from you're telling me like, "I work from you're telling me like, "I work from home in T-shirt and jeans." Good for home in T-shirt and jeans." Good for home in T-shirt and jeans." Good for you. Have T-shirts and jeans that you you. Have T-shirts and jeans that you you. Have T-shirts and jeans that you wear when you're working and have wear when you're working and have wear when you're working and have different T-shirts and jeans that you different T-shirts and jeans that you different T-shirts and jeans that you associate with after work, with your associate with after work, with your associate with after work, with your personal life. The third thing you can personal life. The third thing you can personal life. The third thing you can do is shift the lighting. Lighting also do is shift the lighting. Lighting also do is shift the lighting. Lighting also signals different times of day. Lower signals different times of day. Lower signals different times of day. Lower the blinds or raise the blinds or put on the blinds or raise the blinds or put on the blinds or raise the blinds or put on soft lighting. And the fourth thing you soft lighting. And the fourth thing you soft lighting. And the fourth thing you can do in your ritual is use scents.

can do in your ritual is use scents. can do in your ritual is use scents. Scents are very evocative, too. You can Scents are very evocative, too. You can Scents are very evocative, too. You can use candles or aromatherapy to associate use candles or aromatherapy to associate use candles or aromatherapy to associate with being at home or doing the activity with being at home or doing the activity with being at home or doing the activity [music] [music] [music] that you want to enjoy. When you use that you want to enjoy. When you use that you want to enjoy. When you use this ritual to really shift gears in this ritual to really shift gears in this ritual to really shift gears in your brain from work to home, you'll your brain from work to home, you'll your brain from work to home, you'll also be more able to connect with your also be more able to connect with your also be more able to connect with your friends, [music] friends, [music] friends, [music] with your partner, with your family, with your partner, with your family, with your partner, with your family, with loved ones of any kind that are with loved ones of any kind that are with loved ones of any kind that are around you because you'll be more around you because you'll be more around you because you'll be more present [music] for them and less present [music] for them and less present [music] for them and less preoccupied with work.