There was the meeting, that could have been a quick phone call, that could have been an email, that really could have been a text.
Frustrating isn't it?
You had a bad call with a client. The presentation to the department went south and the projector didn't work. Someone cut you off in traffic and you are still holding on to that. You just got off the phone with your tax preparer and you owe the IRS $5,000.
There are the four in your department you had to fire. Your ass just got chewed out by your boss (get a new job).
Your oldest had a fight with you before leaving for the day. Your spouse had an attitude.
We all face a lot. It's important that we all have good transitions from the previous moment to the next. The bad meeting or presentation should not be carried into the next meeting or brought home. The fight with a child or partner should stay at home and not brought to work.
Keep a clean home of the work drama and stressors. Keep a clean desk at work from the issues from home. Home needs the best of you. Work does too. Randall Stutman, a Leadership coach, speaks of this very thing. Having the ability to transition from that to this.
Maybe after a hard day at work you take the long way home. Maybe on the way to work from a fight at home, you blast the music in the car or ride with the windows down. After the hard meeting or firing members from your team you go for a run or walk. We all need space from stimulus to response as Viktor Frankl teaches us. That space is already there we just have to actively use it.