My 1st week of #MaternityLeave and surprisingly I've been able to stay away from work things. Here's what I did to make the transition easier
Part 1:
1: I added my planned last day to my email signature 3 months before starting mat leave; including when I needed to know things by to action them
2: I started a handover folder and added to it over the last 3 months; so colleagues could ask questions
3: Scheduled research project emails to go out so I can keep collecting data @academicchatter
4: I set up a mat leave folder in outlook and made a rule to move all emails in there and mark them read (so it looks like nothing was sent to me)
5: Removed outlook from my phone
6: Out of my control but starting over a bank holiday weekend definitely helped too
7: Planned some activities to do before the baby arrives