I am retired now so nothing I do now will be of help to anyone.
However:
When I was working I would get up each day at 5:00am do an hour on my exercise bike.
Shower, have a quick breakfast, leave home at 6:30am to make it to work for 9:00am
The most important thing for me was when I got home from working with chaotic and mentally ill clients all day, was to sit outside my home for 30-60 minutes before I walked to my front door.
My thinking here was that this alone time was a time for reflection, to cleanse my soul and unburden myself of the contamination projected onto me by clients I had worked with all day.
You do not want to take that home to your family.
I think everyone should consider doing this regardless of what profession you work in.
Work should always be left at work. It has no place at home
However:
When I was working I would get up each day at 5:00am do an hour on my exercise bike.
Shower, have a quick breakfast, leave home at 6:30am to make it to work for 9:00am
The most important thing for me was when I got home from working with chaotic and mentally ill clients all day, was to sit outside my home for 30-60 minutes before I walked to my front door.
My thinking here was that this alone time was a time for reflection, to cleanse my soul and unburden myself of the contamination projected onto me by clients I had worked with all day.
You do not want to take that home to your family.
I think everyone should consider doing this regardless of what profession you work in.
Work should always be left at work. It has no place at home