This is so painfully obvious that it irritates me to know that I didn't think of it. A while back I wrote an article named "How to Leave Work at Work". The content of that article is pretty self explanatory and I wrote it because I found myself leaving work simply to come home and log in again.
Well, what if we did something Constanza-like? What if we started by scheduling our personal activities first and then filling in open spots with evening work projects?
By personal activities I am talking about the things you LIKE to do. Working out, riding the bike, time with the kids, etc. By scheduling those items first you have a baseline to work from that ensures you won't neglect them. Clearly you have to use a little common sense with this. If playing video games is something you want to add, doing so at 1:00 in the afternoon is silly.
I think that by doing this and scheduling relaxing activities during non-business hours you will eventually learn to follow the schedule. Ultimately, you will learn that your job and projects will exist the next day and that working at night isn't an absolute must.
Here is the article that triggered the light bulb for me. Read it and give it a shot.
How to Unschedule your work and enjoy guilt-free play (Life Clever)
Unschedule Your Job
