If home is your office: here's how to get that weekend feeling

We are confused because the place where we normally relax is now suddenly an office. My kitchen table is cluttered with tea bags (sorry May), two headphones, an extension cord, three pens, a jar of hand cream, chargers, and notepads. But how do you make that workspace feel like the weekend? Here are some tips.

1. Close that laptop
As in: closed and tidy. Clear your kitchen table, couch, or bed (yes, you there) of work. It doesn't contribute to your weekend feeling if your to-do list is still open on the table or work emails keep coming in during your drinks. Unlike your wine, which is allowed to flow.

2. Take the Friday afternoon drinks seriously
For us, it's sacred. So after closing your laptop, grab your phone and video call your colleagues. Open a bottle, fill your glass, and start enjoying.

3. Make it a moment
Psychologist Launspach recommends ending the workday ceremoniously. I would translate it like this: move your behind to the couch, light the candles, put your hair up and take off your bra (if you feel like it), and put on your weekend outfit. Bet you'll switch out of work mode?

4. Organize your day differently
Sleep in a bit, watch TV at odd times, spend hours in the kitchen, go exercise. The point is to structure your weekend differently than a weekday to feel free.

5. Mute your work app
A friendly request for all my colleagues to stop reading right now. Done? Great. There's a good chance you've been doing all sorts of work-related things on WhatsApp non-stop all week. Mute that stuff, it's the way to log out for a bit.

Let the weekend begin.