First, Austen suggests writing down some clear goals and what you want to achieve during the process. Is the aim more time with your partner, getting home earlier or reading more?

Then, the next step is to lean into, as Austen calls it, ‘what makes the boat go faster’. Quieten, remove or minimise notifications on your phone and other devices. Delete apps you don’t use regularly or those that tempt you into anything you would consider mindless. Where possible, make changes to the things that might take away from your goal: speak to your manager about chronoworking or starting a little later, move meetings or request to work from home more than usual that week.

Austen’s other big piece of advice is to keep your evenings free. “This was monumental for me,” she admits. “I spent many evenings planning holidays, dinners for friends, what I was going to do next week, what I wanted my gym routine to look like, but what I was doing was just extending my work day. I was creating work and busyness for myself at a time that should have been more precious. I now try to take half an hour in the day to think about these things, rather than saving it to ruin my evening and make my brain busy before bed.”

How a busyness detox can help you prioritise rest – and how to get started