Coaching practices for How to Get Over Quitting a Job

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• I technically stop working but my mind never clocks out
• Hours after I’ve stopped working, something I forgot to deal with suddenly surfaces and jolts me
• I either cling to something long after it’s clearly not working because quitting feels like giving up, or I bail the first day my motivation dips
• I walk straight from my laptop to the dinner table still in work-head, snapping at people and only half there
• I leave work but work never leaves me

Practices that may help

1. Use a shutdown ritual
   End the workday with a deliberate routine that closes open loops and declares work done.
   Deep Work, Made Practical
2. Review every open task at day’s end
   Before closing, scan every project and task list to confirm nothing is unacknowledged.
   The Shutdown Ritual, Made Practical
3. Pre-set your exit criteria
   Decide in advance what result would make you stop, continue, or scale up.
   Tiny Experiments: Testing Change Without Committing to It
4. Follow shutdown with a clear transition activity
   Immediately after the shutdown phrase, do something non-work-related to mark the transition.
   The Shutdown Ritual, Made Practical
5. Use a 15-minute end-of-day planning buffer to close the day’s loops
   Before leaving work, take 15 minutes to list tomorrow’s priorities and explicitly close today’s open loops.
   The Zeigarnik Effect: How Unfinished Tasks Occupy Your Mind
6. Choose a replacement that delivers the same reward
   The new routine must satisfy the original craving, or the old one snaps back.
   Habit Substitution: Swap the Routine, Keep the Reward
7. Reach a clear stopping point before switching tasks
   Before switching to anything else, get to a natural completion point so the previous task has a cognitive bookmark.
   Attention Residue: Why Switching Tasks Costs More Than You Think
8. Stop at a strategic incomplete point
   End a work session mid-task -- not at a neat finish -- so the next session has a ready entry.
   The Zeigarnik Effect: Using Task Tension to Stay Motivated
9. Frame the past self as a different person
   Deliberately separate "who you were" from "who you are choosing to be now."
   The Fresh Start Effect
10. Separate the sunk cost from the next decision
    What you already spent is gone — decide only on what happens next.
    Loss Aversion, Made Practical

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