You cut your hours to protect your time, and that protected time can become the most raided time in your week.

Dr Jo Braid shares what a real, full Monday looks like (home visit, clinical letters, her own coaching session, a board meeting) and why chosen switching feels like a rhythm while imposed switching feels like being pecked at.

IN THIS EPISODE:

• Why so many clinicians go part-time, and where the inbox goes on their days off
• Why a "quick" email costs more than it looks, and why the enemy is the open loop, not the switch
• The rituals you already own for moving between roles: the drive, the school gate, the change of clothes

THE RESEARCH: Shanafelt et al., Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2016: emotional exhaustion and cutting hours (correlation, not causation) Micek et al., JAMA Network Open, 2023: part-time physicians and inbox time (US, one health service)

TRY THIS: THE PROTECTED DAY CHARTER

• Name the zone and its edge: this zone is for ___ and ends when ___.
• Close the loop: one minute on where you left off and what's next.
• Guard the threshold: decide what earns an interruption and who covers the rest.
• REFLECT Which of your zones has a clear edge, and which one bleeds into the next?
• Is your self-care inside your day, or squeezed in around it?

THIS WEEK

• Name your zones.
• Pick one blurry edge and give it a marker: a one-minute note, a walk, a timer.

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