"We often treat home and work like rival siblings. One is supposed to be the refuge from the other. Shut the laptop, close the mental tabs, and leave the office behind. The psychological reality is different. Your brain does not commute. It carries patterns across settings, which means the way you handle family life can prime your mind for what you do at work the next day."
"A new study led by Yasin Rofcanin, a professor of organisational psychology and HRM at the University of Bath, challenges the idea that home is merely a drain on professional energy. Published in the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, the research followed 147 dual-earner couples over six weeks and shows that when people take initiative at home-adjusting child care routines, rotating responsibilities, or redesigning family systems-they build confidence and adaptability that spill into the workplace."
Small, deliberate changes in family routines—rotating school pickups, setting tech-free hours, adjusting childcare responsibilities, and redesigning household systems—can increase absorption (flow) and self-efficacy at home. Flow produces an absorbed, time-passing state that builds confidence and resilience. Stronger self-efficacy enhances problem-solving and adaptability in professional settings. Investing effort in better structures or support in the home nurtures personal resources that transfer across domains, enabling greater workplace creativity, innovation, and proactive adaptation rather than waiting for crises. These household experiments function as low-cost laboratories for habit change, helping people build routines and confidence that scale to complex workplace challenges.
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