The hardest part of switching off at the weekend is not willpower. It is the inbox. As long as work and life share one, every time you open it for something personal - a message from a friend, a booking confirmation, a photo from family - a work email is sitting right there too, waiting to pull you back in.

The fix is not a grand digital detox. It is a line. One inbox, or at least one address, that is only ever for your life. Open that, and there is nothing from the job to see. No half-read thread to worry about, no Monday creeping into Saturday.

It sounds almost too simple to matter, and yet the effect is real. When your personal mail has its own front door, checking it stops feeling like risking a glance at work. You can stay in touch with the people you care about without standing in the doorway of your job.

Drawing that line takes about five minutes to set up and then quietly does its work forever. You keep the inbox you already use. You just stop letting work share it.

Clock off properly. Your weekend, and the people in it, will notice the difference.