post about turning slack the fuck off

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+  "title": "Just turn it off already",
+  "date": "2024-06-12T08:38:33.445Z",
+  "tags": []
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+No, I'm not talking about all computers[^1]. Specifically, I'm talking about Slack.
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+I'm pretty terrible at maintaining that work/life boundary when Slack is involved. I usually keep it installed on my phone so that I can respond to messages during the day when I'm doing stuff that takes me away from my desk. The problem then is that I wind up making myself available 24/7, which is _terrible_ for me.
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+I've removed Slack from my phone, finally[^2], but as I'm taking a week off work this week, I'm finding myself checking it whenever I open up my laptop. Basically, I'm really bad at maintaining my own boundaries.
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+I wish I had something (e.g. Apple Shortcut) that would hide all work-related apps and sites when I'm outside of my working hours. That's fairly simple to do using Focus modes that activate on a schedule, I think. But then I'd also want it to synchronise with my work calendar and also turn on when I'm out of office without me having to do it manually (because I won't do it).
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+I don't know if anything like this exists, but I hope it does because that would be super-useful to me. If it doesn't, maybe I'll have a go at wrangling Apple Shortcuts to make it work.
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+[^1]: Well, maybe I am.
+[^2]: At least until I next have to install it for some reason or another